Poem about Sexuality: "Stigma"

I want to share a story of one of my good friend

He is an ambivert type of guy as far as I know

He's good-looking, kind, smart and decent

People admire him for his skills and looks.

An eidolon and very ambitious lad he is;

But people don't know the battle inside him;

He kept it within himself, encrypted in his diary

A very dark, morbid and shameful realm;

That's the world he used to dwell into.

I remember that day when he utters those words -

"I'm bisexual and nobody knows"

And I was shocked, felt pity for him.

Wondering how elusive it is to hide his real identity;

Sadness has plastered my countenance;

Enduring the darkness inside is suffocating,

Lost in his wilderness, isolated from society.

As I look into his eyes, there was haunting

Fear of humiliation have engulfed his visage

I knew he can't handle the wrath of society;

In this stigma about preferences and sexuality.

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