Two-Voice Poem: Social Action Partnered

I AM DIFFERENT.
Growing up with two dads, I always felt different from the rest.
I always saw myself a little differently.



 I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE TELLING MY PARENTS HOW I FEEL.
I can never have girl talk with my dads.
 They would never understand.


 I DON'T FIT IN WITH MY FAMILY.
I see people differently.
People see me differently.



THEY CAN'T SEE PAST HOW I LOVE.
They are trying to understand, and that's why I love them.
They don't know how to understand, but I love them. 


         This is a poem I wrote with my classmate, Israt. We wanted to write a poem about the social issue of sexual orientation. A two-voice poem has two narrators. Both read the main idea (in caps lock). Then the first person reads the italics and the second reads what's underlined.
         In this poem, the first character is a girl who lives with her two gay dads. She feels unattached from her family and doesn't know how to talk to them about what she feels. She also feels like she's different from other kids her age who have "normal" families--a mom and a dad. But she loves her parents and knows that one day, they will accept her.
          The second character is a boy, the same age as the other girl in the poem. He is gay and doesn't know how to express himself to his mom and dad. He feels like he can't tell his parents anything, and feels also like he's different and weird, not like everybody else. He's striving for acceptance too, but he doesn't know where to begin.