An Inconvenient Truth Poem by Ashley Bowen

They would not approve
of the secrets I hold within
Cause they've never had my back
they think it's a sin
I really wanna tell them
but I don't know how
I want to lift this burden
that is holding me down
I just can't be myself
whenever they're around
And when I'm feeling weak
I wish I was 6ft in the ground
I don't know if I will ever be able to say
Those two words
That make me, 'Me'
Cause all it will ever be to them
is an inconvenient truth