Take a Risk, Take a Stand

I Prefer to stay Ageless
Because I'll stay safer this way
Because then no one will say I'm too young
To write like this or too old to post pictures

I prefer to stay Gender-less
Because I'll stay safer this way
No one will say that I'm too Masculine
To write poetry or too Feminine to be bold

I prefer to stay Race-less
Because I'll stay safer this way
No one will laugh at my skin Or my eyes
But I'll bleed the same red

I prefer to stay faceless
Because I'll stay safer this way
No one will point me out in a crowd
Just to laugh and stare and say hurtful things

I Prefer to stay Anonymous
Because I'll stay safe this way
No one will know my name
Because then no one can hurt me


But if I put all these things out there
Maybe it will show I can go against the grain
And everything will start to get better
Little by little even if it hurts

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