The Difference

by ef10630

Summary:

How do you find yourself? When the world tells you who to be, you can be the difference.

Notes:

This poem is based off of the style of “lovebrarians” from 'Shout' by Laurie Halse Anderson. I wrote this for an English assignment and wanted to share it here. Enjoy!

I despised being a tomboy. Loathed being a girl

“Gorgeous”, “Beautiful”, and “Pretty” didn’t always feel right

My Excitement about being myself was situational

 and that made it hard to exist, to keep looking good

I always thought that once a girl always a girl

 

But then I was introduced to the LGBTQ+ community

I wasn’t transgender, okay

Nonbinary didn’t feel completely right, 

There were times when I loved being feminine 

And while they were few and far between

I didn’t want to erase that part of myself

 

And with more research and devotion to finding a label

I found a pretty little flag

Dark grey, light grey, pink, white, pink, light grey, dark grey

But what could it mean?

Demigirl

A midpoint between female and nonbinary

That was me

A marriage of femininity and androgyne

This is me

 

Now and forever.