Poetry

Borrowed Body

Borrowed Body

This body that I live in

Isn't mine

I stole it from a little girl

Who was really quite nice

I didn't care if I was a girl

Didn't care if I was a boy

I just wanted to prove my existence in time

But this body doesn't fit

And now I'm stuck in it

Because I'm a boy

Not a girl

A he

Not a her

So now the kind little girl is dead

Leaving the monster instead

So now I'm trapped in skin that doesn't fit

Hoping that one day death will claim it

I am a monster paying for his actions

A freak with no more satisfaction

For if I ever do anything great

It will not be me who they celebrate

They all see a she

Not a he

A girl

Not a boy

They see the little girl who died

Who they loved with all their heart

So they will denny my existence for all time

And leave me suffering in the dark