( photo from The Guardian, Eyewitness) The country criminalized me yesterday My identity has been brought to shame All that I did was to fall in love But he and me cannot share a name Love is the only feeling I have known Fingers have always been pointed at me Just tell me what wrong I have done What is that my eyes refuse to see My parents don't accept me as their son Like I never existed, they threw me away I found my family and meaning in him I call us happy but they call us gay Everybody I know look down upon me I am bound by piercing invisible claws I am only looking to survive in this world But they do not let me, with their laws This is the only place I find my freedom These innocent birds understand my plight They come and eat out of my hands Making me forget my inner fight They listen to my tales all day They nod and fly to calm me down When I'm faced by rejection elsewhere Here they treat me like I wear t...
Opinion Writer - Saying it the way it is.