Alex: Favorites

Aug 2015 Alex

"Gay"

Aug 2015 Alex

ern kingham

"Gay"

I remember the first time someone explained to me what the word gay meant.
We were in middle school
Playing on the swing set behind Stoy Elementary
"He’s so gay," she said
Bitter disgust poured out of her mouth with every syllable
I could not think as to why being happy could be such a horrible thing
And so I asked
My exact words being
“Whats so wrong with being happy?”
Now both my friends looked at me weird
“Don’t you know what gay means?”
“Doesn’t it mean to be happy?”
“You’re such a little kid, gay does not mean happy. Gay is a boy who likes another boy”
I stood there wondering why it mattered so much that a boy liked another boy;
why it was such a distasteful thing.
And why it meant gay couldn’t still mean happy.

#love #gay #happy #iloveyou #lgbt #truestory #boylikesboy #girllikesgirl

Jul 2015 Alex

Virgo.

Jul 2015 Alex

Shiloh

Virgo.

I analyze,                                                                    my whole entire world
I specialize,                                                                  always in acting a fool
I socialize,                                                        but the truth trickles through
I vocalize,                                                                         not wanting to undo
I internalize,                                                          everything that matters to
With surprise                                                                            the ones I love
I realize,                                                                   they never left my side
Then I visualize.                                             Always believing what is right.

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