You never knew me as he yet you take one look and judge me My hair too short, my chest too small you see one detail instead of them all And if you looked a little higher you'd see the pin that says “she/her” But you don't see me, you see a boy As though trying to strip away my joy For you see, I shed my strife And learned how to love life This is what you'd see If instead of judging, you got to know me
I will listen to all of your problems offer support the best I can but you must understand that there will be a point at which I reach my limits and I must take care of myself
I care too much
Obsessed with the idea that everyone should be happy I toss my own feelings aside
I dance and twirl My hair fluttering in the breeze My skirt fans out as light trickles through the trees
I don't control how anyone else FEELS I don't control what anyone else DOES
I cower and hide within the home I've made smelling the air straining my ears hoping I'll find the predators before they find me
I'm not alone Not at all There are so MANY people Friends Loved ones Who are there for me if I need them I only need to ask
Winter, she's alright for staying in and curling up tight but I'm looking to break out and sing When we all wake up in Spring
Life became a mess With so little warning Tearing me away from the safety I thought I knew
What now?