Born This Way

I can see the stares,
And feel the cold glares.
The whispers surround me,
Now, I’m too afraid to be free.
I hear the comments they scream,
But they don’t see the flowing streams.
You get to hold hands with the one you care for,
Why is it so wrong for me to do that with the one I adore?
You hate me for something I cannot astray,
But I didn’t ask to be born this way.
We are both a man,
Not a man and woman,
But is that any reason to hate me?
Our love is like none you can see.
Are we not allowed to love as you do?
Just because we are different than you?
I want to smile and laugh again,
Without the secret fountain.
Give me my wings to fly away,
And let me soar on my own way.
Let me be free,
Let me be me.