Just A Girl, Part 2

Note: please read Just A Girl Part 1 before reading this.

I remember when you came out.
It was raining in that tent, and
You were shivering, but 
I don't think it was from the cold.
We all looked at you, and you might have mistaken it for
Dumbfoundedness, but we weren't.
Honestly, we'd all been there
Except for one of us, who just shrugged.
And then I started clapping, and they did too,
And your face brightened, like
You were seeing in color for the first time.
And now?
Now I look at you, and I am angry when someone calls you handsome, because
You are beautiful.
Now I look at you, and I am angry when someone calls you sir, because
You are a lady.
Now I look at you, and I am angry when someone calls you a boy, because
You are a woman.
And your pronouns
Are she and her.

Support trans people and trans rights!!
 

Silent Wolf

MA

19 years old

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