Invisible Attributes

People come out in different ways.

I am bipolar

I've taken lithium for 37 years

so I have tremors

I try to hide both conditions

working hard to control my moods

keep the trembling from showing while fighting back anxiety

staying out of the public eye so no one will notice.

Coming out

with any invisible attribute

those things no one can see 

but are difficult to deal with

meaning discrimination 

subtle or not

but mostly knowing once you tell

no one is eve going to treat you the same     

                                                              again.

Letting out whatever secret is clawing at your soul 

removes the pain of hiding

from your scared up inside

for the world to deal with

know longer your's but someone else's problem.

You've overcome the greatest hurdle.