Representation

A Poem by Adrien Hupp

It's been six years since I've been on this website, and a lot has changed.

I remember the days when it was a dream
To see someone like me, up on the big screen
Someone different, someone odd
Someone who didn't fit the mold.
Now I see it on popular shows,
As topics of discussion between prominent people.
And yet it is still looked down on by the president of my country,
I still get snide looks as I walk in the streets
People look at me like I should not exist
And yet.
And yet my mother still doesn't understand why I get so excited
When I see someone like me on the big screen
Why it makes my heart swell to see people like me, happy and healthy
Able to be themselves
She doesn't understand that that used to be a dream to me
That I used to imagine that someday,
Someday,
I could be happy and healthy instead of just another sad story
Another forgotten suicide note
Another we lost them too soon
Another confused child
I see those people just like me and I have hope
Hope that someday, Someday I can be like them