LGBTQ+ Poem: Ever After, by Marques Coley

I used to believe in many things
As I got older, I began to learn
Things I used to believe in
Will not be the same
People won’t be the same
I used to believe in an “ever after.”
I used to believe when you said “you loved me”
My world used to stop
You made me weak
I used to believe “somebody loved me”
Now I’m not listening to the same song
I am beginning to not believe in your truths
How April never came
How it will never come
I believed I thought love existed
Love had no boundaries
Love meant you understood me
And I understand you
I don’t know what I believe in anymore
I used to hold on for one more day
There’s a lot of pain in believing a fairy tale
A fairy tale that never existed
No more wishing on a shooting star
No more luck
Just me not believing in our ever after
The more I write
The more I feel the tears drop from my face
My heart used to beat
And say “your name”
I still hear your voice
I used to believe in a lot of things
Love isn’t one of the things
I will never understand
Nor will I believe in anymore

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