I wish I was born on the 4th of July.
I love to watch them make those fireworks fly.
I wish I was born on...Christmas day,
cause maybe that would make my pain go away.
I wish that happiness was a state of mind.
Cause then I would not need so much to define, myself,
But then again I wish I had it all,
Although, the bigger I am, the harder I will...fall.
And shots are fired
it doesn't really matter
the gleam in your eyes
just looks right through me
like I'm not alive
it's like I don't matter
would you feel the same
if you only knew me
come out
come out
come out of hiding.
I wish that you knew who you wanted to be.
Is it my friend, or is it my enemy?
Leave me alone, let me be who I am!
The stronger you object the longer I take a stand.
And shots are fired
it doesn't really matter
the gleam in your eyes
just looks right through me
like I'm not alive
it's like I don't matter
would you feel the same
if you only knew me
come out
come out
come out of hiding.
every one just wants you to be the same
the perfect little gentleman
but
that's not who I am
it's no o.k. to assimilate
I wish I was born on the 4th of July.
Cause then I would not need so much to define, myself.
Leave me alone, let me be who I am.
But
It doesn't matter
It wouldn't help because
shots are fired
it doesn't really matter
the gleam in your eyes
just looks right through me
like I'm not alive
it's like I don't matter
would you feel the same
if you only knew me
come out
come out
come out from there
come out
come out
Hey! I'm right here
come out
come out
come out of hiding.
Author notes
La la la... I mean... "guy noises!"
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makes me smile and makes me think, i mean that that, you have done a great job on this, keep it flowing my friend, keep it flowing.
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hmmmm....makes me think. I don't know if this is what it's about, but I had a friend who came out last year, and reading this poem made me think about the strength he had to have to finally become honest with himself. Everyone else knew he was gay, just when he came out we all had to act surprised like we had no idea. This made me think of him. Good job thank you for writing this
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actually... i read over it again and realized the second verse is more of a dialoge between the kid and his parents. Like the line "The stronger you object the longer I take a stand." it's like when a parent tells their child not to touch something... so the kid HAS to touch it now.
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that's funny. as in, a different perspective I didn't expect kinda funny.
it's actually a dialog between a teen skater boy (or in my day, troublemaker) and a preppy teen popular girl. The popular girl won't give the skater boy the time of day. But he says she might "if you only knew me."
I'm not really sure what the hiding is all about. Either he's purposely hiding from her for fear of rejection, or she's hiding the fact that she would like to get to know the real him.
thanks for reading!
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the opening line is very nice. not a very common wish.
Salt
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