A Cry for Acceptance
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All my life,
I have fought
I have tried to be one with the lot.
All my life,
I have loved God
but I am told He believes I am flawed.
(I have sinned, but why has it not felt wrong?)
All my life,
I have been told that I am ill
in the eyes of the healer,
the makers of the laws of our land,
in the eyes of those, to whom
I had only love to give
but none to receive.
(Why can you not accept me?)
I was different,
but I tried to hide it.
I was different,
but I did not understand it.
I was hurting,
but I didn’t say.
I needed your help,
but you were not there.
