This is my coming out poem
Listen before I go

I didn’t write this to be told ‘no’
It’s not a choice and I'm not asking

It’s up to you whether you accept me

Im gay and gender-queer,

Sometimes I wish I could just be a tree

This is way more difficult for me

Don’t push your beliefs on an independent
thinker
If you don’t agree I can leave

If you don’t want me in your life I won’t force it
But real love understands
That’s the hook, line, and sinker

If you try and push it down
You push me away
So that’s up to you
But I can’t help that I’m gay

You’re the ones who made me who I am
Whether by blood or not you’re my family
I hope this doesn’t change that

This was hard for me to say
Right now I’m in finals week but soon I’ll be back
I’ll read this to you
Maybe I’ll cry

But either way

I want you to know
I only share this with those who deserve it
Remember that as you walk away

Before you yell at me take a step back
Think about life without a Sophie
Is it fun?
Or is it dreary?

He wants to be in your life
They just are asking you to open your mind
Give her a hug
And heal her strife.

He/They/She
-SOPH/Max

Before he left
He sowed his shadow to her arm
So she would have trouble forgetting
His childish charm