Oneshots, Short Stories, and Poems

🖤 - [▄︻デF̷i̷n̷g̷e̷r̷s̷ ̷I̷n̷ ̷P̷i̷e̷s̷══━一]

The identity crisis of a second generation immigrant part 2 ;w;

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If I were to make a list

Of all the minorities I'm part of,

To be honest, the list would be quite long.

Female. Bisexual. Chinese. Hard of hearing. Atheist.

The list goes on.

I'm sure people look at this and say, "My god,

She must have a hard life!" And it's true

Others would be quite disadvantaged

If they had my identity pot-pie soup.

But somehow, through all my steps of life

I've dodged the worst

Unlucky, but fortunate at the same time.

And I hate it.

I'm LGBTQ+, but how can I say

I affiliate with those who die for their taste?

How is my hearing 'hard' if all I need

Is the occasional closed-captionings and a front row seat?

Does anybody actually believe I'm Chinese

If I didn't learn Mandarin as a kid, I've never been the victim of dog-eating jokes? 

As for COVID some say the Chinese are to blame, 

But no one's ever said that to me.

And I'm a woman, but my periods don't cramp

I've never been harassed, I don't go to the bathroom with my friends

The hard life of a woman? Why can't I relate?

Every time I hear this, I feel like a fake

I'm stuck in the corner of the room at the party

I'm the bench on the sidewalk outside of a park

I have my fingers in so many pies

But I don't have the hands to bury them all

I don't know my language

I don't live in fear

I'm not a conundrum

I'm just - here.

Normal I seem, the exact thing I shouldn't be

I hate that I've been so lucky.

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I need a therapist-