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The Courage to Love: A Teen\'s Quiet Struggle

In the halls of youth, where whispers fly,

A secret held in the heart does lie.

A teen girl, with eyes like the dawn\'s first light,

Harbors a love that she keeps from sight.

 

With every heartbeat, her secret grows,

A tender feeling that nobody knows.

She walks in shadows, afraid to reveal,

The depth of a love that is achingly real.

 

For her, the stakes are high, the risks severe,

In a world that may not hold her dear.

She fears the whispers, the turn of a friend,

If her truth, like a bird, she lets ascend.

 

This girl, she\'s gay, and that\'s her truth,

A reality she\'s known since her earliest youth.

But fear wraps around her, a constricting vine,

In a society that might not align.

 

She dreams of a day, pure and bright,

Where love is love, in everyone\'s sight.

But for now, she treads with silent steps,

Guarding the love that her heart has kept.

 

Yet, in her, a quiet strength resides,

A hope that love can transcend the tides.

For even in fear, there\'s a light that glows,

The courage to love, a flower that grows.

 

So, she waits and wonders, with hope in her eyes,

For a world where love needs no disguise.

Where she can speak her heart, clear and free,

\"I like you,\" she\'ll say, \"for you are like me.\"

 

© Susie Stiles-Wolf