you really wanna know?
t h i n k y o u c a n
b e a r i t ?
—
let's t a l k about how
insanely terrifying it is to realise that your
sexual/romantic orientation isn't the norm you're
supposed to be, shall we?
let's t a l k about
how much it hurts when your heart clenches up because your
dark-skinned daughter wishes she were white? (she's
seven)
let's t a l k about
the way you grit your teeth every time someone makes a joke
about what could have been on your autopsy three
years ago.
let's t a l k about
giving up on what you want most in life. let's discuss
how deeply, overwhelmingly, and all-consumingly that
hurts.
let's t a l k about
feeling, genuinely believing, that you will
never be loved. that you never should be. that you don't
deserve it. that it's
just wrong.
you wouldn't be so eager to take a walk in someone
else's shoes if you knew how much their feet
bled. please stop romanticising our
pain.
