To my mother

I've met a wonderful girl
The best in the world
But to you, this I can't say
Because to you it's not the right way
That it's evil that I'm gay
To you a bad choice
A crack in my voice
And I begin to cry
For with my love I must be shy
Like a secret I must hide
All the things I feel inside
The nights become long
Knowing you see me as wrong
Wishing you could understand
The way it feels when I hold her hand
That I can't share,
Fills me with despair
Not what you dreamed I'd be
Not what you'd like to see
Hand in hand with a boy
But me this would destroy
Mother, love me as I am.