He struggles to accept himself,
To reconcile sexuality with religion,
He fears that he would lose his friends,
He fears that he may lose his family,

But,
He realises that this is the path he needs to walk.

To walk alone.

But never in the shadows.
Never in the darkness.

No More.

The journey to come out takes time.
It has taken time.

His moms words echo

"Are you ever going to change,
Will you at least try?"

Destroyed.
But
Still he walks on.

In the sunlight.
Where its warmth kisses his skin.
He is who is.
Who he was always meant to be.

Free.

I am me.

When they talk about you,
They always talk about your heart,
"He has a good heart they say"
And I know,
I’ve seen it.

So if your heart is full.
Let me go,
So that the constant sneaking glance back and forth I give you can stop.
Let me go,
So I can learn to draw a line.
Let me go,
So that I can try and establish a friendship between us.
Let me go,
So that you can fill the void in your heart that I can’t.
Let me go,
So that you can be truly happy
Let me go,
If you don’t want to rest your head on my chest
Let me go,
So I don’t yearn for Eskimo kisses, or the feeling of your cheek on mine in the dark.
Let me go,
So that the songs on the radio don’t remind me of you
Let me go,
So that the voices inside my head don’t sound your name
Let me go.

OR

Ask me to stay,
So that I can finally hold your gaze
Ask me to stay,
So that we try to become more than friends
Ask me to stay,
So that our worlds can collide,
Ask me to stay,
Because you know you’re worth every ounce of love I have to give
Ask me to stay,
So that I can write poetry about us
Ask me to stay,
So you can be in energy of love, comfort and acceptance of your best and worst self
Ask me to stay,
So that you can see MY heart.

Ask me to stay...