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In the Dark
No one likes
what we do
in the Dark
and yet
we all know.
Holding her hand under a gray-blue sky and i'm home
until i go home.
No one likes
what we do
in the Dark.
And yet
We're in love.
It's a sin, they cry.
You'll burn, they yell.
God made rainbows.
So why do you hate?
That's your
daughter,
son,
child
that you birthed with your intent to love unconditionally
yet
you
hate
them
for learning to be
and accept
themselves?
Why do you hate us
for finding a beautiful fire
in a world full of suffocating mist and water?
We want nothing more than to be accepted,
yet we can't even go outside
of our
own rooms without being
criticized for
the way we
dress
how we do our
makeup
or hair.
Laughed at
or hated
because of who we like.
Disrespected and sneered at
because of
the color
of
our
skin.
So we try to smile and say i'm fine.
But really just skimming the surface.
Saying i'm tired
not saying it's because I cried all night.
No one likes being
in the dark.
because that's when we see
our truest selves.
The monster that feeds on the sadness,
anger,
emptiness.
Waiting for another fix.
I don't like being in the dark
because that's when I see me.
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honestly i just needed to vent about encountering negative people when i'm in public with my girlfriend. Or showing my mexican heritage. Or being a woman. Or just existing.
it gets tiring doesn't it?