Mama please sit down I have something to say Mama, I'm Gay.
Mama, I've known for some time It's something I've grown to accept and it's something I've kept.
Mama, why do you scream? Why all this yelling, this casting blame? Don't you know that I'm the same?
Mama, don't cry, please don't cry So many tears have already been shed One my pillows and on my bed.
Mama, I wanted you to know Out of love this action was taken And No my dad didnt touch me and I'm not mistaken.
Mama, why would I choose this life Knowing what I feel at the moment And how I experience torment.
Mama, I can never change No amount of praying or saying Can change what's inside me.
Mama, Please sit down, Take a breath I am sorry if I am not what you prefer But I ask you to think it over.
Mama, I've done what's needed Can you let me back into your heart Or will your ignorance keep us apart?
I have been meaning to write something to this effect. Coming out was a battle and I won that battle. But sometimes in those battles you lose someone you rather not lose. I dedicate this poem to the LGBT Community. To all the ones who came out to their moms, dads, whoever you needed to come out to. To the ones who still havent come out And to the ones who never made it to that step.