I am Me

To them I was:

Replacement for a boy

Alone with my thoughts

Threats of Finishing School

Needs toughening up, they said.

Fight back, stand up

Boys won’t look at you dressed like that.

“This is the woman’s room!”

Alone with my thoughts.

To me I am:

Lonely and weird,

More calculus please

A system of differential equations,

Still alone with my thoughts

“Didn’t you hear me! This is the woman’s room!”

I heard you, I am me

Non-binary, scientist, and truth seeker.

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