You entrusted me with Pandora's Box

You said "Don't open it." I said "Of course not!'

But our trust circle is getting too large

How long until someone's decided to barge out and tell the whole town your dirty little secret?

I watched you hide for years

With hopes of a new life, escape your fears

You hoped there was light outside the window

You couldn't see it, but you had hope

The dreaming, yearning, longing for that feeling

Of being free

Your parents told you "You'll fly so high"

But you're a bird in a cage.

Doubled down, snapped your wings and left you with a stain

A cattle mark stating "I'll stay normal"

Branded out of love but left disheveled.

But all they wanted from you was:

The straight-pinned, small-town-grown, idolized image of you

Centuries bore down on your pure soul and all you wanted to do was to hold his hand.

Without reprimand.

But the preacher's pouring liquid gold down your throat, screaming:

God will take you to hell himself if you don't change now.

You're starting to wonder: "Then why am I still here?"