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Ravens (Coming Out) MAG
I could show you
I could sever the binds
But do you really expect me to when
I’d be forced to dissect myself for you to analyze like an object
To slice open my skin and let you see everything pour out
All the transparent details
That really
You can look through and see me, just me
Me like you,
Me alone without the confinement
The isolation
The vast emptiness that is the cage in itself
The expanse of nothing
Leaving so much room
But nowhere to go
Exposure
To the sleek black
The talons that tear
Take me away
And all that’s left are the colors
Because that’s all I am to you
The colors
You can’t see past, the ones I have and you don’t
You look at me and you see
The things that don’t matter to my character
But to you, they are my definition
I could show you
But I’ve seen your ravens scavenge before
I’ve seen them tear at life once had
Before you knew
The intricacies that change nothing to me
But everything to you
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The LGBT+ community is very prominent to me as many of my friends and acquaintances are part of it. I am constantly seeing how the discrimination and harassment they undergo is affecting them and it's heartbreaking, because they are some of the most beautiful people I've ever met and they don't deserve this. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the fact that they're queer, it shouldn't even effect them all that much. They deserve to feel free to be who they are, they deserve to be happy.