Anxiety
Depression
Self harm
Suicide
Transgender
One of these words does not belong with the others
and yet
they always seem to come hand in hand
For some of us
Growing up was like trying to learn to ride a bike with no wheels
with people standing around you constantly yelling
Why aren’t you moving!
All the other kids are long gone!
Just Try Harder!
Push the pedals!
You’ll get it to work eventually!
and you just sit with a heavy heart, your chin at your chest, and your eyes filled with tears
knowing that they were the ones that took off the wheels in the first place.
When you spend your entire life being told you’re a girl
It’s kind of difficult to say otherwise
but here it is
I AM A MAN!
And what gives you the right to say otherwise?
I know who I am better than anyone else
What’s between my legs has nothing to do with you
Just because I take my binder off at night
does not make me any less of a man
Just because my voice is higher than his
and my legs are shorter than yours
and my face looks more like hers
that does not make me a girl
This isn’t about my vessel
This is about my soul
and when it’s constantly screaming MAN MAN MAN!
you start to listen
and i’m sorry some of you can’t hear it
but this is who I am
and I am not apologizing
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