By Amethyst
Author's note: This is a poem I wrote shortly before I got my GRS about ten years ago. I'm not sure why I never posted it before but Dot and I were talking poetry last night and she convinced me that I should post it here.
I grew up in a cage of flesh
A body not my own
And while other children laughed and played
I often felt alone
For since the moment I was born
I wore the label "boy"
That label and the cage of flesh
Served only to annoy
That ugly thing between my legs
Brought me only tears and pain
For in body I may have been a male
But I was female in my brain
My parents never noticed it
Perhaps they weren't aware
That I preferred to play with girls toys
And for sports I didn't care
Puberty brought changes
And a loathing of my entire world
And each night I wished upon a star
That I could be a normal girl
I've gone through years of pain and hardship
And now I don't care what others see
I'll renovate this cage of flesh
And be the woman I should be
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