Over the RAINBOW

"DYKE!!!!
Faggot, Homo, queer-
Ya big LEEEEEESSSBOOOO!"

The nasty words over time
have began
to sound beautiful to me.

Well
Once you said them enough-
Long enough,
Loud enough.

I am less afraid of these words now.
I am more willing to use them,
besides
they are just words.

They only have the power
I
give them.

Hearing them has
made me
a little
stronger.

I am strong enough to say
"fag".
But
that does not mean
I am not afraid to be one.

I am not afraid to sit and say
"Yes,
I am-
gay"

I maywhisper but
I said it
proudly.
I can't scream it from roof tops.
Yet.

BUT
I can say it.

I am who I am.
I am what you see.
regardless of consequence.

I will never again stand back
in silence
because someone tells me,
I am ine someway
Less than
what I "should" be.

To anyone who thinks,
they are doing anything
by calling me a name.
You are wasteing time
I'm not ashamed.

Besides I have heard the
all.

LOUDER
Stronger
BOLDER
and waaaay Loooooonger
than you can ever say them.

And I have not changed.

Even my family
with all their hypocrisies
are powerless
to change Me.

Yes,
I may be a
"Social outcaste",
a "sinner with no moral fabric."
But at what cost?

I am Happy.
Can you say that?

I am happy outside the circle of
those who aren't willing
or strong enough to accept me,
with all of my faults.

Why not?

I accept you despite yours.
But thats okay.

One day
I will go away.
To a place where I belong.

Hoevery as for today,
I'm okay.
I will not worry myself
with what you
may say to me .

I am who I am.
I am nothing other than
Me.
I am who I am
and I am happy.