Living life in a constant fear
All alone with my thoughts because I am queer
Pride month comes with a glimmer of hope
That I won’t wind up on the end of a rope
Parades abundant from towns to cities
We’ve come a long way since the seventies
Celebrating in the open without nearly a care
Catching on occasion the disapproving stare
Of those who still refuse to accept us
I really don’t understand all the fuss
I exist and deserve care, respect, and love
The day will come when we rise above
All the hatred and disgust
This inevitability is a must
But the parades are over now; my freedom is fading
Another year to go by filled with uneasy waiting
For the time I can be myself again; not hidden away
Back in the closet is where I must stay.
For my place in this world is still unsure
Until the day I find something pure
To create an unbreakable confidence
Allowing me to no longer suffer in silence.
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Debts to be Paid
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. It was late on a Friday night when Adam passed by the eerie cabin on his nightly walk around the beach to clear his head. Adam suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder because of the time he found his brother and father dead in their home. They had both been brutally murdered and their bodies had been butchered and spread around the living room. Police investigated the crime scene and found no evidence of who the killer was or how they got in or escaped. Adam has survived the last 15 years with consistent counseling and physical exercise routines to keep his mind clear of the memories of that horrible night. On this night, however, seeing that burning candle, something in his memory was triggered. Adam ran back down to the front row of houses and began waking his cousins up in a panic.
By charles w riley4 years ago in Horror
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