Chandler
I Pierced My Ears Last Week
Updated: Nov 27, 2019
I pierced my ears last week
Even though you didn't want me to
Add that to the long list of things
You never let me do
How ironic is it then
That you have so much queer pride
But whenever I'm flamboyant
You tell me to keep it all inside?
You made me feel so guilty
For all the wonderful parts I contain
Hiding them and suffocating them
Fighting them with disdain
But ever since you cheated
And I decided to leave
I've started building myself back up again
And there's no more need to grieve
For I was a burning fire
That you had failed to put out
A brave young seed in the soil
A redwood tree beginning to sprout
Being the bigger person
Always makes me feel so small
It's like running headfirst
Without first learning how to crawl
Shaped into what you wanted
I break out of your mold
All the hidden parts of me
Unravel and unfold
I pierced my ears last week
And it made me feel so tall
Because for the first time since I met you
I realized being me isn't so bad after all
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