Why do you ask me?
Can't you see?
What exactly is it
you want me to be?
Is it because my life eludes you,
or is it because my life includes you?
I am not keeping you here
if you don't want to stay.
But I really don't understand ...
I only told you
I'm gay.
This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.




Ricki M.
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