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This is me.

Beautiful and flawed.

Caring and conflicted.

I was hiding.

Had my wings clipped.

I did it myself.

I was scared.

To be ME.

Never had realised ,

That the universe had already defined ME.

I just had to own it.

Easy peasy?

Anything but that.

It’s difficult to own your truth and happiness.

I had to unlock my gay-dom.

There lied the key to a realm of love and liberation.

It’s one step at a time.

Just having declared years ago, wasn’t enough;

Now i discern.

It’s also about doing all that i love .

Bringing my cravings to fruition.

Breaking my own barriers.

Being gay.

My heels make me happy.

I own myself just a little more, everytime I twirl in them.

My clothes make me fabulous.

And i love myself more.

This journey was never meant to be simple and subtle.

But why did i stop having fun?

As i dab on my gloss,

I wonder,

If its too gay, too shiny?

Hell, yeah!!

Wasn’t it always supposed to be so?

Well, now I know!

~ JUST A GAY BOY.

Its been long overdue.

The obligation towards others was genetic.

I wasn’t trained to admire me.

But now that I’m looking ,

I am liking.

I was never my own focus.

Now, i focus on others through me.

I have started listening to you.

Oh ME, don’t i love what you have to say?

Your journey has been fascinating.

From the darkest pits of despair, you have crawled out.

Your bruises are sexy.

You know to love and are so fierce.

And you are here, shining , despite the heartaches.

You are precious.

I like how you are evolving.

You are militant and magnanimous!

Your sins are exemplary.

Your pathos is real.

The melancholy of your survival is romantic.

Oh ME, you are still so enigmatic!

You are unapologetic,

But now there’s no subtext.

Maybe you have started travelling lighter?!

The road ahead looks exciting.

And i promise i will admire you,

Through delight and depravity.

Thank you for having survived.

Thank you for not being a martyr.

Oh ME, thank you !

~ JUST A GAY BOY.