Do you know what it's like to be called "it"?
To be afraid to hold your head up high?
To fear harassment or being hit?
To live a life that is a lie?
Do you fear your unknown future self?
What you will develop into and become?
Do you know what it's like to live in stealth?
Or to have your whole life come undone?
Do you know how to be honest with yourself?
and see the truth inside of you?
To make life changing decisions for your own mental health?
And to face the question of what to do?
Do you know the feeling of remaining tightly bound?
and how it was more painful than the risk it took to bloom?
And how it feels like you're screaming but there is no sound
surrounded by people in a crowded room?
Do you see what no one else can see?
A diverse, unique perspective of two?
Do you see the hate, the intolerance and the cruelty?
And do you feel shame or honor to be among the few?
2007-09-24 18:39:34 · 10 answers · asked by I_color_outside_the_lines 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I love Langston Hughes!! My favorite IS "a dream deferred". You rock. You get 2 thumbs up!
2007-09-25 05:10:10 · update #1
well put together, full of feeling, and spine tingling at times.
I love it!
2007-09-24 19:02:27 · answer #1 · answered by bendystraw_gurl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yea, i sure do know, nicely done, but i just put it all at the back of my head in that little empty space which was created when i ran into a pole, and its not that bad for me anyway, coz everyone likes me, i'm nice apparently
2007-09-25 06:14:55 · answer #2 · answered by Jimmie Kezza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This reminds me of Langston Hughes -- pithy, honest, and confrontational. I'm thinking especially of his poem, "Harlem" (the one that starts, "What happens to a dream deferred?").
2007-09-25 02:08:03 · answer #3 · answered by Surely Funke 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That was truly touching. It's the perfect articulation of countless feelings felt by many.
2007-09-25 03:14:16 · answer #4 · answered by Esses 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do, Dearest, more than you imagine and more than you know. Blessings for you. That's a great poem.
2007-09-25 09:41:58 · answer #5 · answered by Mama Otter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i didnt know u write poems! will u post more? due to popular demand ;-) hmmm maybe i ll post some of mine too
2007-09-25 05:32:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nicely Done!
That's really very well put!
2007-09-25 01:42:43 · answer #7 · answered by DEATH 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You described my childhood to T.
2007-09-25 13:19:28 · answer #8 · answered by pushing27 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
beautifully said. Yes I know!
2007-09-25 01:56:02 · answer #9 · answered by AliBaba 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Very beautiful...
2007-09-25 01:59:23 · answer #10 · answered by ©Diva© 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋