Enough

Really?
You think I'm confused,
Mistaken even
You think that my friends have talked me into this,
That I've let myself be duped,
That some sort of illusion has been cast over me
And now I'm walking down a road that,
In your words,
"..will destroy me..."
Pfft.
Let me make one thing perfectly clear.
I have not been duped, nor has some illusion been cast over me.
My friends did not talk me into this; they are the ones who have given me the strength to be myself,
And now that I have, you are scared.
Why?
Is it because I'm growing up?
Changing in ways that you do not understand, therefore fear, therefore will not accept?
It is because I'm finally beginning to live my own life; rejecting your ways, your views, your religion?
If this is so, then I suggest you do what you have told me to do many a time and grow up!
Just because I no longer look up at you with adoring eyes like I did when I was 5 does not mean that I no longer love you...
But I swear, if you continue to insult me, belittle me, twist my words and refuse to accept that which I am
I will leave.
And I won't be coming back....