BORN THIS WAY

BORN THIS WAY

(with thanks to Lady Gaga, I borrowed the title for this poem from her)

You question all I stand for

Afraid of who I seem

Surprised too, that I gleam

It seems that you abhor

All that to me is typical

To you it's only criminal

I didn't choose to be gay

I am born this way!

You pray for my salvation

You think I can be cured

After all that I endured

What you see is damnation

My shattered evil soul

You don't see I am whole.

I didn't choose to be gay

I am born this way!

I let you go, enough now!

Be well, but without me

I hope one day you'll see

that, odd enough, somehow

My life is worth to live

I have so much to give.

I didn't choose to be gay

I am born this way!

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Poem by Darren White

December 24, 2016