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Related: About this forumKavindu "Kavi" Ade performing "IT" ... WOW ...
IT
You wanna be Peter Pan.
You wanna be that fairy-dusted disaster that conquers Hook and slays pirates because thats what strong boys do.
But they gave you a dress, and a name to match, and a lot of pink stuff youd never play with.
You loved action figures just as much as dolls (yeah, you love dolls, dont lie).
You dont walk like a lady though.
You flunked ballet class.
You cant go, its boys only.
Dont wear swimming trunks, wear a bathing suit.
Youre too old to be a tomboy! GROW UP.
You cant fly. You never will.
Even days when youre wearing the perfect clothes
people will stare and say, Is that a girl or a boy?
And you smile to yourself because today,
maybe you might just pass,
but then you see their eyes register no facial hair,
no knot in your throat, no bulge in your pants, they say it again.
Louder.
Tauntingly.
IS THAT A GIRL OR A BOY?
This time they know and they just wanna see you squirm
and you do and they snicker and give you that look that says, You arent human here.
Youre stuck with the body youve got and the gender you dont
Theres no fairy dust
No flying away
No childhood dreams
So youre doing the best you can.
You rock your indecisive parts proudly,
but there are days when you can be shattered by a quick tongue.
Days when men argue about the lines of your body, and then one says, Its got tits.
IT
because youre not worthy of any other title.
Days when girls will hate you for what you are
whatever you are
you arent human here.
But Ive got tits.
So on that day when he said to me,
I dont care if youre gay, Id still fuck the shit out of you,
I shouldve been willing, right?
But I wasnt.
So I walked faster trying to escape his leering face,
the look of malice in his eyes that Ive seen in so many other men
Ill fuck you straight, girl.
I dont know how much of a girl
I am but at that moment I wished I had the knuckle strength of men.
But I dont, so I left my pride in this throat,
I would try to glue myself back together for tomorrow
because there are always gonna be days like this.
Days when you have to carry your somber heart like a coffin,
days when you pass until you slip and let your words fall from your mouth carried by a feminine voice and they know again.
Know that youre not a him, or a her, but something in between, not human to them.
What an abomination. What a monster.
Why cant you be normal with your dress, your boyfriend, your virginity?
They wanna paint you the color of smashed hymens.
They want you to know that naked, you will always be soft like a woman;
naked, you will always have the parts of a woman,
you, IT, your telltale breasts
you will NEVER be one of those strong boys.
you are far from Peter Pan but learn to hold your back like a flagpole,
its all youve got out there.
theres no Neverland.
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Kavindu "Kavi" Ade performing "IT" ... WOW ... (Original Post)
Emit
Mar 2013
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southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)1. Thanks for sharing. Powerful message for sure..
Warpy
(111,277 posts)2. Holy shit. That is amazing
and than you for posting it.
Street harassment hurts.
Scruffy Rumbler
(961 posts)3. Righteous!!!!
Speak your truth Sister/Brother! She sure tapped into something powerful. Her soul was ringing on that one!