They say I'm so different but how can that be? <br />I'll take the knife and carve out my chest, Is this not a heart that beats? <br /> <br />They say I'm so different but can they not see? <br />I breathe the same air that they breathe. <br /> <br />They say I'm so different, an abomination. <br />Have I not prayed in the house of God? <br /> <br />They say I'm so different, they whisper and stare. <br />Are these not tears that fall from my eyes? <br /> <br />They say I'm so different, he's not like the rest. <br />Did I not play with the other children in pre-school? <br /> <br />They tell me I'm so different, over and over. <br />They tell me in disgust. <br />They tell me with distrust. <br />They tell me I'm not their friend. <br />Will it ever come to a end? <br /> <br />They scream out that I'm so different, I can hear it in my head. <br />Before I go to bed. <br />As I go to school. <br />When I walk down the street. <br />With my family when I eat. <br /> <br />Maybe, Maybe I am different. <br />Maybe I will burn in hell. <br />Maybe I will never be loved. <br />Maybe I will die alone. <br />Maybe. <br /> <br />I keep telling myself it's a dream and I will awake. <br />I keep telling myself someday I'll escape. <br />I keep telling myself I'm not different, who are they to say? <br />I've fooled myself for too long to keep going on this way. <br />In the end I guess that's what I get for telling the world, I'm gay.<br /><br />Seth Rivers<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/they-tell-me-i-m-so-different/
