Forbidden Kiss (6 o'clock Sunrise)

I have been openly bisexual for so long, but I have always kept the secret of coming to terms with that sexuality...

Here comes normality
To taunt this heart--
To pull me from my
Safety and security.

To drag me from love
And push me into
A hole which I cannot breathe.
This society is murder.

Understanding is dead;
No mind can contain
Truthful understanding.
Lies are filled with fake smiles.

Turn away your children
For their choices
You foul human-beings!

They cry for help
From all they’ve ever known
And get dirt shoved back!

I suppose that luck
Decided to hold me
That fateful day in which
I was nervous and scared.

Don’t
Look
Back…

Too late.

I’m dragged under once more
By words they think
I don’t understand.
“She’s just a teenager!”

This mind grows faster
Than this small body.
I can hear the words!
JUST
LIKE
YOU!

Whispers behind my back!
I feel so vulnerable…

Females and males…
I get mixed up between
What is love and what isn’t.
Am I so wrong?

Is it so bad to love
So openly that I can
Feel LOVE rather than
What society calls love?

The powerful kisses of
So many hormonal males
Send fire roaring through
Young female veins.

What is there to
Douse the heat wave
Other than the soft and sweet
Kiss of a lovely lady?

That 6 o’clock sunrise
Was a mistake to some,
But to me it was
An experimental success.

Of which I can never tell.
A kiss in the darkness of dawn
Was so gentle and pressed
Upon gentle lips by a friend.

A friend and a girl
Kissed her friend…
And a girl.

It meant absolutely nothing
Except the acceptance which
I have come to terms with.

Sexual orientation,
My DISEASE; my CURSE.
My “OH SHE’S SO GROSS.”

But those demons
Will never know
That I kissed a girl
At 6 o’clock sunrise…

Author's Note

I'd like as much constructive criticism as you can give me, because I love continuous improvement! However, this is a little personal, so please be kind with your criticism as well.

Reviews

[Aatreyee Ghoshal]

Hi.
I cannot tell you how much I loved this.
I can relate so much with it.
My bisexuality is something I have come to accept only a short while ago, and your poem just brought the words right out of my mouth.
Thank you, and I hope to read more of your work.

[indiscreetis]

This was beautiful. It made me a little teary because I have recently come to terms with my sexuality, and this spoke to me with a jerk, and a swift movement. You're a good writer, and this is amazing.