For Sammie, HIM, and everyone who goes thru this... You're who you feel you are and you're perfect

My sister in law is my rock,

She has seen me through so

much pain, with little for her to gain.

She has wiped my tears, listened to all my fears.

In my heart is where I hold her so dear,

I have known her for years,

I have seen her through tears

and watched proudly as she battled to herself  to be true.

You see, my sister in law, was born with the sex of a man,

but to feel like a boy, would be too hard for her to understand,

She sorted through her confusion often alone,

without a person there waiting to pick up the phone. 

I admire her strength and flare,

for the society we live in

has no mercy to spare.

If you don't conform and live in the norm,

then into a persecuted hell your sentenced dorm.

 It is so sad, how society thinks they can,

tell you what determines if you feel

like a woman or man..

Why do you get to dictate everyones fate?

When did it become your decision to make,

do you know something they can't?

Who are you to tell me,

if my in-law is a he or a she?

I swear I'd love to just shoot u all in your knee,

You are all so stupid and pitiful, and

honestly you hardly have any room to be critical. 

Are you a doctor, or prisoner in your own body?

Do you know how it feels, feeling alone,

and sometimes even tossed from your home?

It isn't fair I say

for people to be so ugly anyway.

How would you feel if you had a penis like ken?

Only you actually felt like a barbie within.

Would you have the might, to stand up for your self and fight?

Fight to be who you are, cause we are all stars,

meant to shine bright!! 

I bet you couldn't, you wouldn't it's true,

because society normed people are too closed minded to think things thru!

If they did have a clue, then maybe I would never be hated by my ex,

I believe this is true.

Because then he could be who he is,

with nothing to lose.

He thinks his feelings are wrong and thinks he is confused,

he wishes to himself, he could be true.

He wants to be real and tell how he feels,

but he is afraid, theyll put him on pills.

That is our world today,

if we cant fit it in a box to sell

then we are headed straight to hell.

I blame society for the violence bestowed upon me,

at the hands of my lover. why I bet you silently ask yourself.

Why? Because society makes people feel they have to

hide and lie.

 

This poem is about: 
My family
My community
My country
Our world

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