For all those that have experienced bullying, for whatever unnecessary reason, know that you are not alone.
Transcript:
Pride

It’s easier if you’re unpopular,
if you’re mere entertainment for the masses.
The door’s already unlocked,
you needn’t fear the loss
of friends, when you don’t have any.

So I shouted from the school roof,
with a bright red megaphone -
Damn straight, I am!

It doesn’t hurt me when you yell rug muncher,
it doesn’t sting when you spit out dyke.
I take those words and stitch them
on my bag as badges, next to the ones
that say “5ive are Number 1”
and “Nirvana ‘til I die”.

Because I didn’t pander,
wasn’t a sheep in your flock
coated in Number 7 foundation
and bright red nail varnish,
you obsessed over my bedroom antics
as much as Take That’s break-up.

You took the time to pause
and create a male nickname
for me. It even had a song,
sang to the tune of the Haribo jingle.
Kids and grown-ups hate her so,
the dirty queer is Harry-B-O.

You wasted so much breath and thought
on the little, gobby lesbian.
You tried to make me hate myself,
instead you made me prouder.

#poetry #lgbt