Sometimes I don’t understand, what people think, how you could even think such thoughts. We’re all same, as in we just want to belong, But I don’t understand that the person I love is wrong. And you tell me it is, right to my face. Which hurts me. Because I don’t bully you for being straight.
When i look in the mirror, I see an unfamiliar figure, And I have to remind myself, It’s me.
I look in the mirror, To see a person nobody loves, A distant shadow, an outcast, A stranger amongst waves of people, And I do tell myself, I am a person too, And you bullying me just makes me hate you.
Then it stops. For a bit. Like a pause in the breeze, Things are silent. Calm. But then it just repeats.
This poem is based on a true story. I identify as bi and have unnecessarily gotten bullied a lot because of it. This poem helped me share and express my feelings and hopefully will help you reach out to someone if you’re in a similar position.