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For six long days and nights,

I lied and shed many tears.

I would wake up with a fright;

I had a secret kept for years.

On the same days and nights,

There was food I didn't eat.

Whenever I don't feel right

I'd take poison for a treat.

At first I tried to ignore it.

I tried to treat it as a phase.

But there's no use denying it;

I became trapped in a haze.

To get it off your chest

Is a big and difficult task.

They'll say you're not the best

And your loved ones will ask.

Mama became very concerned.

She knew I wasn't this way before.

When she attempted to discern,

"I promise to tell you why", I swore.

Fear strapped me in a straitjacket

To torture me each night and day.

I yearned to come out of the closet,

I want to show and tell I'm gay.

However, Papa is a Christian

Who gave me gifts from above.

"Being yourself has a reason

My son," he told me with love.

But I tripped myself down the hill

When I came out online.

Even though I received good will

I knew I crossed the line.

Mama, Papa, I have one thing to say;

Together, we'll make it through.

You never did make me this way

And I will always love you two.

I've had enough, I'm out and about.

There's no more time to waste.

My existence threw the vial out

To get rid of the horrible taste.

Since birth I've had a voice

To share my own opinion.

Each day I have to rejoice

In my way of expression.

I have no plans to run away

But I now know how to ride.

Indeed, I am here to stay

With what people call Pride.