I remember the day

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when someone first told me

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what I felt in my heart should be gone.

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I remember the embarrassment,

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the grief and the wondering

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as I questioned why I was so wrong.

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I wonder if they know

 

what they stole from me

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How they robbed me

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of the joy of my youth.

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They forced me to wander

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in a dark place

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full of pain

 

that could not be soothed.

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I finally found my way back to life

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as I learned what it means to be gay.

 

Whenever I feel those chains on my soul,

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I break them and throw them away.