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My name is Lucy but the great unwashed knows me well by the name Dontre, don't ask where that dub came from coz I'm pretty sure I don't even know the story behind it (laughs). If we've ever crossed path by know you know I'm different,at odds from what the community perceives a girl should look like.......people from my community would label me as a stud (honestly speaking I don't do well with labels ) but from the contemporary world they would call me a walking demon,devil an outcast atleast those are the few I can remember. You are probably wondering why they would call me such vicious names so let me expound. In senior year back in highschool I deduced something about myself......Me and my agemates we were all raised to believe that a girl should one day walk down the aisle to meet their 'John' and get married to him but see it was divergent for me,fact is I wanted to become espoused to 'Samantha' not 'John.' I knew I liked girls but ofcourse no one would accept me for who I am (the world is full of homophobic humans)so I kept it to myself hid it in that safe place deep down until I was worn out of living a lie. An year ago you would ask me how it felt to live in the closet and I would tell you good coz it's no one's business to savvy my concealed existence but ask me now how it feels been out and I will tell you that I made my private life people's duty coz I don't care anymore what they think of me,,, I am me
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Oct 10, 2020
Oct 10, 2020 at 9:03 PM UTC
Dontre
My name is Lucy but the great unwashed knows me well by the name Dontre, don't ask where that dub came from coz I'm pretty sure I don't even know the story behind it (laughs). If we've ever crossed path by know you know I'm different,at odds from what the community perceives a girl should look like.......people from my community would label me as a stud (honestly speaking I don't do well with labels ) but from the contemporary world they would call me a walking demon,devil an outcast atleast those are the few I can remember. You are probably wondering why they would call me such vicious names so let me expound. In senior year back in highschool I deduced something about myself......Me and my agemates we were all raised to believe that a girl should one day walk down the aisle to meet their 'John' and get married to him but see it was divergent for me,fact is I wanted to become espoused to 'Samantha' not 'John.' I knew I liked girls but ofcourse no one would accept me for who I am (the world is full of homophobic humans)so I kept it to myself hid it in that safe place deep down until I was worn out of living a lie. An year ago you would ask me how it felt to live in the closet and I would tell you good coz it's no one's business to savvy my concealed existence but ask me now how it feels been out and I will tell you that I made my private life people's duty coz I don't care anymore what they think of me,,, I am me
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Oct 10, 2020
Oct 10, 2020 at 9:03 PM UTC
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