Most people scribble their crushes names
On their skin
On every little paper
I write my own
It's not the name I was born with
It's the name I chose
The one that makes me feel right
The one I love so much
Most people don't feel the need to crush their chests
They can breath
They can talk
And they don't need to worry about the repercussions
Of not getting used to your binder
Of wearing it to long cuz you can't bear to go without it
Most people don't have to worry about hot weather
And how it will be so sweaty with the thick layer of stretchy material
Flattening their chest
Sticking to their backs
Dripping in sweat as its removed.
Most people don't have to worry about the bikini they have to wear at the beach
The bikini that proves you weren't born right
The bikini that gives everything away
They don't have to get out of swimming
To hide the fact they aren't what they want to be
Most people don't know
how hard it is
Not being right
Not fitting into your own body.
Most people don't
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Poetry and Transitions (Wattys 2018)
Poetrymy poetry about a lot of things. Okay not just poetry, sometimes its random things that happen to me
