People I Loved

I am broken.
My heart has been bruised.
Neglected, abandoned, forgotten, abused.
People I loved, strangers now.
Fables of stars and mangers now
worth more than my youth.
The fabric of my being rejected now
to uphold their narrow views.
All I have known endangered now.
People I loved are strangers now.
My right to love refused.

My dignity diffused.