YOU THINK THIS IS A JOKE??

by Antwan Fields - Aries

you think it is funny? making people feel bad
come into my life and act like youre my dad
that life is a game that money could buy
you think it is a joke that i know i could die?
you make me angry at your intentional stupid act
that i have to feel homophobia after the fact
i don't want to be your darkness, only your light
but no enlightenment, you just want to fight!
you think its a gag that many times i wish for the end
for life to swallow me up before i go round the bend
you think that i care that everyone thinks they are scary
that ive fell through the cocoon and emerged a fairy
to sit and stare at the wall and get madder and then sell
to know what its like to be in the closet even as i damn those to hell
just for a moment, i reflect, you thought it was a joke, but its actually a scam
that i played as part of an extended sham
yes, i wish you'd respect me, but you won't for another long day
so i pick myself up, dust myself off, and walk away
from the verbal sharp knife
from this bullshit ignorance you call life.
Birth sign: Aries
Date created: 2001-06-19 14:36:28
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:44:34
Poem ID: 63525

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