I Am Not Different

• Audrey Giuliani, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2017

I go to the same school
I read the same books
But I'm treated like a fool
Or that's how it looks

People say I'm different
Just because I don't like him in that way
Some accept my differences
But the real issue is the ones who aren't easy to sway

They call me bad names
They don't let me live
Live like the ones
who's lives aren't in flames

But I am not different
I am normal
And I don't get the big fuss
About being Gay