Long Ago

Poetry, could be turned into a song for a musical I am writing

It seems so long ago
that I realized who I am
and began down this road
with all its ups and downs
It seems like just yesterday
I began this journey
yet I've come so far
since this all began
it's almost like I'm on top of the world
as compared to where
I started
when this all began
I had my expectations
as to how people would react
and I was completley wrong
for in expecting someone
to hate my guts
I expected something
that never came to be
instead everyone
and I mean everyone
took me for what I am
and nobody decided to hate my guts forever more
what a feeling it was
to be totally
completley
accepted by everyone
so now I can be me
and love without judgment
what a feeling
of freedom;
complete freedom
I just wish
that poeple would accept the group I'm apart of
as a part of society
now if people would see
that I was born this way
that I can't help
that this is who I am
things are so different
between now
and the time when nobody knew
being out feels so great
and feels so fine