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Walk One Mile in My Shoes (my LGBT life)

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Read "Walk One Mile in My Shoes (my LGBT life)" by Midnight

Walk One Mile in My Shoes (my LGBT life)
by Midnight

I want you to walk one mile,
Just one, in my shoes.
I want you to see how you can hurt me,
I want you to see what goes on behind my masks.

I want you to know what it’s like,
To be walked on, dumped upon, and laughed at.
I want you to know how I feel,
When you laugh at me, and call me names.
I want you to know who I am,
Inside, for you claim to know the outside.

I want you to walk one mile,
Just one, in my shoes.
I want you to see what happens when I stumble,
I want you to see what goes on in my life.

I want you to feel what I feel,
When you break your promises.
I want you to love
The people that I love.
I want you to feel my pain,
When you hurt me so.

I want you to walk one mile,
Just one, in my shoes.

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a poem by ___________________ (your name here)

I want you to walk one mile,
Just one, in my shoes.
I want you to see how  you can hurt me,
I want you to see what goes on behind my masks.

I  want you to know what it’s like when

I am _____________________  (rejected for being different, ???)

I want you to know how I  feel when

People are ________________  (afraid to get close to me, ???)

I want you to understand my  pain when I face ______________________________ (a loss of family ???)

I want you to walk one mile,
Just one, in  my shoes.
I want you to see what happens when I pick myself up,
I want you  to see the beauty in my life.

I want you to know how I express  myself.

My words are like  _________________________________________ (TRY A SIMILE HERE – “My words are like weapons and hugs.”)

I want you  to know what I am capable of.

My strength is like  _________________________________________ (TRY A  SIMILE HERE – “My strength is like a song that stays in your mind.”)

I  want you to know my heart.

My love is like  _____________________________________________  (TRY A SIMILE HERE – “My love is like warm blanket in winter.”)

I want  you to walk one mile,
Just one, in my shoes.

This poem was created on the PongoTeenWriting.org web site!