Sacrifice

By Laura Dee Battle
May 10, 2015

My legs are growing heavy from all the miles behind
Perpetually erasing time, like a memory in rewind
A muse I used to hold has left me in the cold
Now I'm left without a way to grab a hold

Inspiring as say, the broken slave away
To wither and die; the price I gladly paid
No bandage for the scars that line my troubled mind
I hope you find your way cause I am flying blind

What will I become when all is said and done?
A cautionary tale of a daughter born a son?
At best I could be the face of a charity
If you could let me be then we could truly see

This cannot be the end of a bittersweet tale
It sure isn't sad when I never have failed
Teetering on the edge of the perpetual last call
Perhaps I've missed the point of living through it all

So I write these words; the ones you never knew
The awful price I've paid to pass this on to you
I'll never be a martyr or a rebel with a cause 
I'm just a lonely, drifting girl dancing for applause

So maybe this will be the calm before the storm
Redeeming every tear I used to keep me warm
So if you are a broken soul without a way to go
And if you're just as scared as me to let your queerness show

Then hold my hand and stand with me in front of endless raging seas
And say with me our battle cry so we can finally be free:

~~~~~

Be bold
Be bright
Be ***** if you are gay

And we'll see everything
Forever we will simply be

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