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What More Can We Do
What more can we do
Than live our lives, with feelings askew
We are told growing up to just be one self
as long as that is Cis and Straight
with all other feelings stashed on the shelf
They emphasize the need for us to be true
then tell us our feelings are just a phase to be worked through
Mothers, Fathers, adults all alike
force us to act like we really are Cis and Straight
otherwise, we're no longer their little tyke.
As though high school wasn't already hard enough to go through
we now have to deal with all this s*** too
Parents aren't the only one with these views in place
If we come out as anything other than Cis and Straight
Everyone at school views us as a Disgrace
We don't know how to do this alone, we have no clue
we need people in our lives who share our view
We turn away from church and to the internet
Although we know God loves us even though we aren't Cis and Straight
We look for people with the same interest
We turn to hate and violence thanks to you
we destroy ourselves because of what you put us through
We carve into our thighs, drink and get high
In hopes that we can survive the torture of not being Cis and Straight
All because we are trans, gay or bi.
We are forced to live a life painful and untrue
just so we can keep the love of you
We want you by our sides no matter what you do
because you are our family and love is the glue
looking back at then I never knew
how much pain family will put you through
The day the blade touched my thigh was my cue
as the tears fell i hit a breakthrough
I was done letting them treat me like i was the flu
I became my true self, allbright and new
I no longer cared if they loved me anew
they never would have survived a day in my shoes
I fought long and hard to finally pull through.
I've finally accepted myself thanks to you.
Who would have thought that my life would be whole,
only after my skin had been cut through.
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