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Freedom

February 26, 2022
By ROY07 PLATINUM, Hyderabad, Other
ROY07 PLATINUM, Hyderabad, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting."
- E.E. Cummings


I’m so out and queer

There’s no doubt or fear

If you throw shame my way

You’ll look so lame and stray

 

Your whispering stings are so cruel

Talking to you is fighting a duel

My angels bleed in your ravishing rage

For they are all trapped inside your cage

You scream what is scripted cannot be wrong

You have made me endure this for too long

There’s nothing wrong with me, even if you want it to be

 

My chest can’t fathom anymore of your sin

Neither God nor devil knows where I’ve been

I will only find my true love

When angels resurrect me from above

And show what you’ve hated

Was always meant to be celebrated

I was born like this, so don’t cease my bliss

 

I’m so out and queer

There’s no doubt or fear

If you throw shame my way

You’ll look so lame and stray

 

Even though I beg for a new start

Your words still eclipse my heart

After fighting for my rights

Through those daunting nights

I am done living your life

That’s washed with blood and strife

Coz I am meant to stay this way

 

I know now that we can never talk

The way we used to walk

Those days of trust are gone

Leaving me with my little song

That’s a sacrifice to make

For the angels’ freedom’s sake

I only want to say- don’t shame what you can’t blame

 

I’m so out and queer

There’s no doubt or fear

If you throw shame my way

You’ll look so lame and stray


The author's comments:

This is a lyrical tribute to courage. The courage that is needed to break out of a toxic world. The courage that makes you stand up for who you truly are.


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