My cousin-I would never be

Not just because of my age

But because I was an entity 

Going through an awkward stage

 

At times I felt incompetent

Compared to the girls in my class

I hated myself for not being like them-

-For getting into trouble that incurs wrath

 

Why did I make the mistakes?

I do not know

I did not know

Maybe I was slow

 

Well a smarts I possessed

That came from books

And O the material I read

Yet I never read Bell Hooks

 

This was so confusing!  Though some may find it amusing

To live in such a dichotomous dance

To a song constantly begins; yet never ends

What causes such circumstance?

 

Boys' and girls' thought processes are different

As puberty laid bear

Bear this in mind

If children are in your care