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5 Years Ago
5 years ago, you told me to shut up.
“Stop laughing- it’s obnoxious.”
Ever since then,
I cover my mouth when I laugh.
I hide my smile,
My beautiful smile,
All because you told me to.
5 years ago, I was told to kill myself.
Not once, not twice, but three times.
I don’t know who it was.
I still don’t.
I thought about it.
5 years ago, I was called homophobic,
all because I was proud to be a Christian.
That was their only proof.
Who do you think you were,
To judge someone you never bothered to get to know?
But I’m still here.
And you’re lucky I am.
So next time you feel like tearing someone down,
Just stop.
And think.
About those who were torn down until
there was nothing left except a memory.
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