There’s something lurking in the shadows,

An invisible force that no one can escape.

You don’t want to meet its controlling eyes.

There’s something you can’t run away from,

You don’t want to show it you’re on the outside.

There’s something waiting to regulate the way you think, act, dress, talk;

You don’t want to be brainwashed, and forced into an identity that isn’t your own. 

Behind you stands the most horrific monster of all,

One that sleeps under every bed, and hides in every closet.

If you want to ever be able to be yourself.

The Gender Binary

Queer Poem

Don’t look behind you--

There’s something lurking in the shadows,

An invisible force that no one can escape.

Don’t look behind you--



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