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The engine starts and so does my imprisonment.
Out of the driveway and onto to the road,
I sit alone in back, parents in front.
Silence. This is my only shelter in here.
With no words to say, I begin to nod off.
So how's the "situation"? Yes, that's what they call it.
No longer can I escape, but I remain quiet.
As both mother and father chastise my life,
I fall into the solitary abyss of my mind,
but still I feel their hateful remarks.
Why don't they love me? The only words I can hear.
I die inside trying to find this answer,
and the guilt my mother has sown strangles me
until tears of suffocation are my only release,
and pain is the only friend I have.
Your silence tells us all. That's how they drag me out.
All I can do is stare at their stone faces.
I just want to get to my destination.
We stop. Finally. Only my father leaves.
You know you're killing him. He cries every night.
Yes, I am killing them, the ones that I love.
She stares me down. I know what she wants.
All I have to say is one simple thing
to get them be mom and dad once again.
I need them back. I want them to love.
I'm not gay anymore! I lie.
- by Dorian Wanhope |
- Poetry And Lyrics
- | Submitted on 09/09/2008 |
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- Title: In A Car
- Artist: Dorian Wanhope
- Description: I wrote this about my relationship with my parents.
- Date: 09/09/2008
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Comments (4 Comments)
- xXazn_school_girlXx - 12/24/2008
- that is so sad...ur parents hate u becuz ur gay...
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- Jezebel Firerim - 09/09/2008
- When I began reading, I saw a whiny little kid who can't communicate with his parents. But reading the last line changed my entire perspective of the poem. As others have said, I give you my greatest sympathies. That's a horrible thing to live with - knowing that your parents don't support you because of who you are. Don't give up on them - they'll turn around some day. I wish you the best of the best.
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- fin - 09/09/2008
- This is incredibly powerful. extraordinary poetry. Hope, Hope, Hope it's better than this for you in reality at home. If it is 'real, then: I have seen lots of parents react badly at first to 'unwanted news' but over time they soften, they realize how deep their love is and they overcome their prejudices. There's light at the end of this tunnel!
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- I Drink Male Tears - 09/09/2008
- AW! That's terrible. They shun you 'cause you're gay? That's low. And it hurts. This i know. From stranger to stranger: I wish you the best in everything.
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