
Project Fifty-Five / Kanawha County
Perturbation is…
Aug 23, 2017 · 1 min read
darkness / is a racing heart / is worry
buried & unearthed again / is running
being lost / or / being found / where
you’re not supposed to be / is facing
your father / his shocked face / his
confused eyes / how could you / tell
him that he didn’t fail you / is your
mother’s / raised brows / her unsure
look / it’s ok / except / you know that
it’s not / not for them / but you must
tell them / who you are / even if it
is not / what they expected / is not /
what they want to hear / it’s who you
are so you say / those two hard words
while you pray / mom and dad // i’m gay
This poem is part of Project Fifty-Five, a personal poetic journey through West Virginia’s fifty-five counties. More from this series: Here.

