KarMel
Scholarship 2008
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Poem “The
Mistake I Made” By Kara Hurtado |
Desciption of Submission: “A poem of how
I grew up thinking that being anything but straight as a strait edge was wrong
to being the mistake I made in my life was not telling anyone who I really
was.” - Kara
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Growing up I learn its
wrong I hear its disgusting I look around me And I’m protected not to
see it I am forced to choose who
to be By what everyone says is
normal Too young to argue Too young to understand I must be what my mom says
is right But I love her, she is
right to me These feelings I have, are
my normal This is what I know to be
true Yet afraid to be hated To be rejected But being forced
acceptance Is the same as rejection I know who I am I know what I am Engulfed no longer by
confusion I no longer what to hide My mistake wasn’t saying
to the world I am a lesbian My mistake wasn’t saying I will never repent, for
something that makes me, me The mistake I made Was hiding from my family Friends But most importantly me |