What do you do when you need to get something off your chest or when you want to express how you are feeling? For some GLBT teens, poetry can be both a wonderful form of expression and a way to work through their feelings.

Here are a few reader poems.

How I Feel Today

By, BatRay

I'm an amazing person.

You said so.

You wrote it on a pale green piece of paper,

Folded up and hidden in my drawer.

You said you do love me, in a way.

I extracted from those scribbled words the meaning I needed,

Pretending it was the way I wished it was.

The voices say f***.

The voices say small,

Weak,

Stupid,

Girl.

The voices say girl, girl, girl,

And it doesn't matter if we were meant to be together,

Because I'm a girl

And you're a girl

And girl doesn't love girl.

The voices say dy**.

The voices say slut.

Girl,

Stupid girl,

What were you thinking?

The voices come.

The voices laugh.

I'm sinking,

And all I have to defend myself

Is a piece of paper,

Pale green,

Folded up and hidden in my drawer.

BatRay is a 14-year-old pagan lesbian who describes herself as genderfluid.

Sooner Than Soon

by HaleyGavin

Rain has rusted in my head

Pain is ingrained in my scars

Emptiness is a void in my bed

Desire weighs down the stars

Scratch away the rust

Rub the weathered flakes off my trust

Tell my scars and the sadness I stole

That they are the roadmap to the soul

Fill the new place in my bed

And kiss my head

My heart is crystallized in frost

My lips are unused fresh fruit

I am a river no one has ever crossed

"I love you" is a crisp, unused suit

Warm me up and melt me down

Keep my arms and your arms bound

Help my lips bloom and ripen

My rivers waters will deepen

And pull you along

That worn suit is still holding strong

Holding strong

Let's float up like balloons

And then we will touch the moon

While you sleep I'll sing this tune

And we won't wake up until noon

And I'll love you sooner than soon

I'll love you sooner than soon

HaleyGavin is an 18-year-old avid reader who describes her sexual orientation as undefined and free willed.

Says You

By, Kinda_Sorta_Me

You say I have unrealistic standards

I say I'm tired of being hurt

You say I'm boring

I say I'm just playing it safe

You say you'll be here forever

I say how long is forever anyways

You say you love me

I say love is just a word

Just Don't

Don't hold me too close to you

I just might not want to let go

Don't say such sweet nothings

I just might get swept away

Don't be everything I want you to be

Not when you're leaving

Don't kiss me after you've said goodbye

It hurts worse than you could know

Don't do what you said you would

It's a promise I want you to break

Don't come back to me again

I can't let you drop me for her

Again

Kinda_Sorta_Me is a 15-year-old who likes fan-fiction and who describes herself as bisexual, or pansexual.

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