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Why (For the Gays and Lesbians)
Why do you look at me like that,
 As if I were a circus freak
 And had the feelings of dead things
 
 You pretend that you are oh so "equal",
 Treating everyone equally,
 Utter nonsense
 
 You're just hiding in the crowd of the majority,
 Relishing your dominance over our kind,
 And us, those who fall in love with members of our own gender
 Are forced to hide our feelings
 As if we should be ashamed of them,
 As if we our love wasn't as pure and true 
 As your "normal" love
 
 I'm cursed to the shadows forever, 
 Hiding in the darkness 
 Like a criminal, 
 Because I'm different, 
 Because the minority, 
 Us, 
 Have no say in this world,
 Where the majority rule on their golden thrones,
 And we're doomed to bow and scrape
 To their every will 
 
 Why,
 Why don't you understand,
 That I was as helpless when it came to falling in love
 As you,
 You were just lucky, 
 Lucky to fall in love within the acceptable boundaries 
 Of our sick society

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