Chapter 11: what they don't understand

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they don't understand

What it means to be me—

To live in a body

That doesn't feel like home,

To wear a name

That doesn't belong.

They don't understand

The fight it takes

Just to exist,

Just to be seen.

But I will not ask for their understanding.

I will show them

What it means to stand in my truth.