Here’s a story
About a confused girl
As a child called a tom boy
Growing up with only boy friends
The urges being there
Openly spoken about
But never acted on
“I’m Straight”
.... “I’m bi”
Out but not out
Out to people who don’t mind
Not out to people who care
In high school by now
Only having kissed girls
Craving more than a kiss
I never went further then a kiss
Fast forward
End of college
My sister coming out
To my religious parents
Feelings of
Emptiness
Confusion
Anger
Not understanding why
I should have been happy..
It went well for her
But would it for me?
Would it for me?
Committed to a man now
I do love him
But the urges are still there
And they will not go away.
-Amy Pinargote
(I wrote thid for my queer theatre class, our midterm was to write a poem that was about the LGBTQ+ community. Im not a poet and i dont ever write poetry, im not even that great a writer. but when i got this assignment I really thought about this poem and its came pretty naturally to me. anyway i got an A and im pretty proud of it. I havent showed anyone it cause its super personal but I just wanted to share. )
