Today I was Queer

Today they looked at me

And thought that I was queer

But I believe that there is nothing wrong with me

And hence I did not fear

Today they said that I was strange

And chastised me for being odd

I felt hurt but never mind

Their words are but empty talk

Today they laughed at me

Because I was so different

But I simply smiled because

I was put here for a different reason

Today they gathered around me

And tried to force me to change

But I told them I was me

And that there was nothing to change

Then today they finally saw

What I always knew

That I knew better who I was

Because to myself I was always true

May K.