The Black Napkin Volume 1 Issue 4 | Page 22

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My mom found out I was bisexual when

I was twenty. "Is this why you've been

so depressed?" She asked me. No, 

I wanted to tell her, just because

you didn't know, doesn't mean I wasn't free.

and just because I feel free doesn’t mean that

I’m not still sad.

I think I have a tendency to self-

sabotage. I think I'm like the waves—

sometimes I break before I get to the shore.  

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by Emily Moore