Raychel Lawrence Poems

When I told my mom that I was a lesbian she said don't worry we can fix that as if my sexuality was a disease that could be cured.
When I was just 13 years old I was put in an electric chair for the crime of being gay.
When I was 14 they tried to make me hate myself. You cannot love others if you cannot love yourself. I cried for hours and I wondered how could my parents be okay with sending me here. My parents where paying money for me to betortured.
I wanted to die. Dying would be better than staying alive.
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