Behind the Teenaged Mind

This is who I am

Be yourself they say

So I try

I try to be my shy independent self

I try to be the feminist I am

I try to be the girl I was raised to be

Doing what I love

With the hopes one day my dream will come true

I try and I try to show my worth

To show I'm good enough

Strong enough

I'm not weak

Why can't I join

Enter the world that you've shown me

Why can't I cross this line that has been drawn in front of me

The only difference I see

Between me and them

Is what lays between our legs

Because I was born with the wrong parts

You raised me to love this world

To have a dream

Just to have my heart torn

My dreams stolen

My identity lost

How can I be me

If being me revolves around this world

The world you raised me to love

So I resort to feminism

And I scream till I'm blue in the face

I am frustrated

Unable to change a thing

I am a girl

That is my only crime

I am a girl

I am not weak

But I am strong

I am a girl

Yes I am shy

But I'm not afraid to have my voice heard

I am a girl

I have a brain

I have opinions and the ability to defend them

I am a girl

I am not just pmsing

Although you may think it seems that way

I am a girl

I am not just a girl

I am so much more