A CONTAINER
It was never my choice to be born,
but then I'm given a body to identify with,
this body defines what sexuality I identify with,
and if I'm not what I'm programmed to identify with, I'm abnormal.
What if I choose to identify with myself,
then, it would be against what this body portrays me to be,
am I then not normal for being real with myself?
should I then hurt myself?
But then the holy book says I'm perfect in creation,
so then I'm stuck in a body where my soul feels trapped,
I am then not what I am,
will I then be a soul trapped in hell?
and if I decide to be myself, I'm a sinner
but who put my soul in a body that is not mine?
***Pedro
About this poem
This poem is about castigation against the lgbt community, it further describes the pain of not wanting to come out because of what the society will think of them.
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Written on August 11, 2022
Submitted by Dconfusionist on August 21, 2022
Modified on March 31, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 660 |
Words | 150 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6 |
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