Mourning Skies

I am a Boy

I am a boy
I have been shamed
I have been slammed into lockers
I have been cat-called
I have been beaten by ones I believed loved me
I have been put on a shelf as soon as someone better came along
I have been told that bad things happen to people like me
I have been thrown out of my house
I have been teased
I have been discriminated
I have been singled-out
I have been attacked
I have been bullied
I have been shut out by my entire family
I have cut off my hair
I have been smacked when refusing to wear a dress
I have ripped open my flesh hoping that I could get my inner self out that way
I have screamed at the top of my lungs all my life
I have run away
I have attempted suicide
I have lost hope
I have hated every inch of myself
I have bound my breasts down as much as I can
I have punched my mirror
I have fought strangers
I have been destroyed
But
I have put myself together
I have found who I am
I have found love
And a savior
I am a boy
I have fought for my body
When others did not