What more can we do

Than live our lives, with feelings askew

We are told growing up to just be one self

as long as that is Cis and Straight

with all other feelings stashed on the shelf

They emphasize the need for us to be true

then tell us our feelings are just a phase to be worked through

Mothers, Fathers, adults all alike

force us to act like we really are Cis and Straight

otherwise, we're no longer their little tyke.

As though high school wasn't already hard enough to go through

we now have to deal with all this s*** too

Parents aren't the only one with these views in place

If we come out as anything other than Cis and  Straight

Everyone at school views us as a Disgrace

We don't know how to do this alone, we have no clue

we need people in our lives who share our view

We turn away from church and to the internet

Although we know God loves us even though we aren't Cis and Straight

We look for people with the same interest

We turn to hate and violence thanks to you

we destroy ourselves because of what you put us through

We carve into our thighs, drink and get high

In hopes that we can survive the torture of not being Cis and Straight

All because we are trans, gay or bi.

We are forced to live a life painful and untrue

just so we can keep the love of you

We want you by our sides no matter what you do

because you are our family and love is the glue

looking back at then I never knew

how much pain family will put you through

The day the blade touched my thigh was my cue

as the tears fell i hit a breakthrough

I was done letting them treat me like i was the flu

I became my true self, allbright and new

I no longer cared if they loved me anew

they never would have survived a day in my shoes

I fought long and hard to finally pull through.

I've finally accepted myself thanks to you.

Who would have thought that my life would be whole,

only after my skin had been cut through.