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Unspoken

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As I sit there in class,
I hear insults.

"That's so gay."
"Shut up, faggot."

I keep my mouth shut.
I don't want to be "that girl."

The arguing escalates,
The teacher ignores it.

I clench my fist,
I clench my teeth.

Don't say anything,
I tell myself.

I am angry,
Not at those people.

I am angry,
At myself.

I do not stand up for myself,
I ignore it because I am scared.

I do not stand up for myself,
I am too worried about my image.

I do not stand up for myself,
But those who are rude, do.

They stand up for themselves,
They are the ones speaking.

I am the one in silence,
Not them.
I'm waiting for the day I can finally stand up to those who are ignorant.

I am angry because I do not know when that day will come.
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leather-and-bows's avatar
People used to to something similar to me when I was in high school. It was either the "gay" jokes (I'm bi), or deaf jokes (I'm profoundly deaf, and while sometimes I do ask my friends it they're deaf because someone had been trying to get their attention, it really bugs me when people go, "sorry, I'm like, completely deaf" because they misheard something.)