*SCREAMING IN SILENCE*

MY BEST FRIEND ONCE TOLD ME

THEY'RE AFTRAID WHEN I WALK ALONE IN THE STREETS AT NIGHT.

I ASKED HER WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN ME AND THEM,

THIS IS WHAT THEY TOLD ME:

"I LOOK LIKE A MAN, PEOPLE OFTEN 'MISTAKE' ME AS A MAN,

AND EVEN IF I LOOKED LIKE A WOMAN, I HAVE BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES AND DRESS BAGGY.

YOU ON THE OTHER HAND, SHOW OF YOUR CURVES, YOU'RE A FEMININE WOMAN, YOU HAVE BLUE EYES AND BLOND HAIR.

YOU LOOK LIKE ANYONES 'PERFECT VICTIM'."

I WISH I LIVED IN A WORLD LIKE IN THE BOOKS I READ.

WHERE I CAN WALK IN THE DARK LOOKING HOWEVER I PLEASE TO LOOK,

SLICING PEOPLES TROATS WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHT,

HAVING ACTUAL POWER IN THIS WORLD,

EXPERIANCING THINGS I CAN NEVER EXPERIANCE IN THIS WORLD...

BUT INSTEAD I AM HERE GETTING LECTURED BY MY BEST FRIEND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE.

I WISH I COULD EXPERIANCE ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND MORE.

BUT INSTEAD I AM HERE LOOKING AT DRIED INK ON A THIN SLICE OF WOOD, HALUCINATING THE WORDS I READ.

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