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I want to know
what it's like
to be normal
to be accepted
to be human
to be equal
to be free.
I want to know
what it's like
to be open
to be heard
to be loved
to be happy
to be me.
I want to know what it's like
to feel like I belong
to feel like I am strong
that who I am, isn't wrong.
I want to know what it's like
to know that I am here, that I'll make it through the year
to know that I won't... disappear.
I want to know what it's like
to not have to fight, to see an end in sight
to make what is wrong, right.
I want to know what it's like, to be able to believe
in a higher power that doesn't see
me as sin, or sodomy.
I want to know what it's like
to have liberty and justice for all,
to break down this dividing wall
to remove homophobia, from the law.
I want to know what it's like
to have a feeling that isn't sad
to have something that I've never had
to have a child call me Dad.
I want to know what it's like
to not feel like I'm a freak
to not feel like I am weak
to not be silenced when I speak.
I want to know what it's like, to live beyond a closet door
to see my father once more
to show him I'm not who I was before.
I want to know what it's like
to donate the blood from my veins
but because I'm gay I must refrain
why does my sexuality pertain?!
I want to know what it's like
to not be expelled from school, to not be made to look like a fool
how is my homosexuality breaking a rule?!
I want to know what it's like
to undo what's been done to me
to give sight to those who cannot see
that I am no lesser of a human being.
I want to know what it's like
to not be considered a disease
to not have majority I have to please
to freely express my individuality.
I want to know what it's like
to live in a land truly of the free
NOT a land that excludes me
this is not how it's supposed to be!
I want to know what it's like
to not be the target of bigotry
to not have you question my sanity
to not succumb to your superiority.
I want to know what it's like
to overcome all of my fears
to uncry these countless tears, that have been shed over the years
I want to know what it's like
to learn about Gay leaders of the past in my high school history class
I want to know what it's like
can somebody please tell me what is so wrong with that?!
I want to know what it's like
to have pride, to not have to hide, to not have to lie my whole life.
to not have my sexuality be denied.
I want to know what it's like, to not have to feel this hurt inside
to not think these thoughts in my mind
to not contemplate suicide.
I want to know what it's like, to have this pain in me subside
to to heal this wound that bleeds inside.
to get back the tears that I've cried, to take back the years that I've tried
to bring back the life that has died.
to unite this world's divide
to make change with stride
to not stand below, but beside.
I want to know what it's like
to have this choice you say is mine.
to have science and religion intertwine.
to have love be redefined.
I want to know what it's like
to have a government that wont instate, unfair laws that provoke hate
for fear that society will disintegrate.
I want to know what it's like
to live in a world without hate!
a world that does not discriminate!
a world in which I can feel safe!
whether I am Gay, Bi, or Straight.
this is the world we must create!!
these are the actions we must take,
these are the decisions we must make!
the time is NOW,
we cannot, we must not, we will not
wait.
I want to know what it's like
to have equal opportunity
to know full equality.
to be one humanity.
I want to know what it's like
to be treated equally by my peers
to stand alongside every ***
on the edge of a new frontier.
a frontier that no one will dictate.
a frontier where there will be no debate.
a frontier in which everyone can relate.
a frontier made up of love,
and not hate.
I want to know what it's like
to open your eyes, so you can see.
the way this world is supposed to be.
that we aren't so different,
you and me.