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Thorny Poetry - 24. No Wonder
no wonder they berate me me
when this is who i am
no wonder they taunted me
when that was how i was
then my voice was silent
now my voice is far too loud
crying
see me
don’t leave me
so maybe they are right and
i am exactly who they think I am
and i do all of this to be
special
maybe they were right
and i am nothing but an
impostor
my cry for help
nothing but a
smokescreen
this word something i say because i
want to be a part of things
“genderqueer”
and now this will seem like
self-pity
maybe it is
my desire and need to relate and belong
alienates and pushes people away
the opposite of my
intention
so maybe they were always right
to taunt me
hurt me
beat me
because who wouldn’t
want to knock me down a peg or two
precocious brat who thought they knew it all
was that me?
is that me?
because if so
no wonder
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