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Boy.

by ezoli

Instructions on Gender: boys pick blue, girls pick pink, follow the directions Girl age four, play fight with the boy across the street; laugh Flirting Girl age six, kiss the boy in your kindergarten class; spit Cooties Girl age eight, hold the hand of the neighborhood girl; smile Best friend Girl age ten, stop wearing dresses for good; relief Tomboy Girl age 12, kisses a girl on a dare; blush Peer pressure Girl age 14, develop a crush on your best friend, also a girl; love Phase Girl age 16, figured it out- lesbian; wrong This is not right Boy age 16, figure it out- transgender; crying Error Boy age 18, anxious and shaking; writing I am a boy, I am a boy, I am a boy
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i am... scholarship slam 2015

ezoli

Trans dude from south Alabama

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KMarie1899
<p>I love this! It gave me chills the farther I read. This is anazing! Keep writing and stay true to who you are.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
ja22y92
<p><u><strong>I AM....</strong></u></p><p>Lately, I ask myself</p><p>Who am I?</p><p>And I find myself contemplating...</p><p>I AM ME!</p><p>And then I think What am I?</p><p>I AM HUMAN,</p><p>I am a strong being.</p><p>A fighter, a fallen soul but most importantly</p><p>HAPPY!</p><p>Happy, that I have been given this obstacle filled life.</p><p>Death follows me as I walk my path to success.</p><p>What AM I?</p><p>I AM A FALLEN SOUL.</p><p>I have fallen to the depths of my own See&#39;s,</p><p>Drowned myself in sorrows.</p><p>And yet, I still manage to swim my way to the surface.</p><p>And I choose to go against the current.</p><p>A gasp of air is all I need!</p><p>To continue on my path to succeed.</p><p>What can I be?</p><p>I can be as delicate as a beautiful Jasmin flower,</p><p>A flower I can be!</p><p>BUT....my flower did not grow in a garden,</p><p>Not taken care of by the delicate hand of Mother Nature.</p><p>But where then did I grow?</p><p>In an abandoned lot...</p><p>I stand alone.</p><p>Will I be forgotten?</p><p>Will I stay alive and beautiful?</p><p>I will be... A sorrowful beautiful flower,</p><p>That will maintan my liveliness with my tears,&nbsp;</p><p>To see the sunshine.</p><p>I will forgive.</p><p>I will survive.</p><p>With every fight.</p><p>With ALL my might!</p><p>My obstacles may try to anchor me down</p><p>But because of what I AM and who I AM</p><p>I will swim and fight my way to the surface of life.</p><p>And I will be....</p><p>ME.</p>

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