Mermaid

As a child

The most feminine thing I did

Was wish to be a mermaid

I cursed my Latin thighs

And prayed for moonlight

Reflecting scales

That would give me life

Underwater

So that I would never have to come back up again

And a fin that would only ever allow me to swim forward

And never backwards

But regardless

 

I still always had

Confused eyes stare me down

During recess time

Because my favorite color

Was never pink it was blue

Like the color of the ocean

That gave me freedom from their expectations

It was hard for them to comprehend

Why my breast formed outward

In the middle of my chest to scream out female

But my interest were commonly loved

By those who held testosterone

And although the popular vultures

Hated me at school

For my virgin fingernails that knew nothing

Of the existence of nail polish

 

I feel in love

With my innocence

Stuffing my face

With coca-cola and cheese puffs

On late Friday nights

While playing Call of Duty

Until my thumbs began to bleed

From my killing streak

 

It was beautiful to be unaware

Of societies psychotic rules

You need to starve your figure of any flavor

So buy the diet version of everything

From soda to yogurt

When a bee is standing close

Jump like a maniac

SCREAM

So that someone else on the other side of the Earth can hear you

Act like a damsel in distress

As if Freddy's cold blade

Was on your throat

Sending a ripple affect of goose bumps

Down your arms

You're a women

And the sense of helplessness

Is suppose to drive you mad

Your a girl be disgusted by

A thousand ways to die and the walking dead

Because the only time you like to see red

Is on roses or rubies

I will admit

I snort

Like a drunken old mad

With fresh whiskey

Pouring down his beard

That doesn't know his way home when I laugh

But I will never pretend a salad makes me full

Because I'm not a fucking deer

I like my meat

To take up 75% of the space on my diner plate

Because I'm a carnivore

But that's just it

I am more of a women then they will ever be

Because I don't have to flaunt my breast

Like tide waves

To evoke the ape within a man

I am a tomboy

And as Pedro like to say

I am the hommie tom

Because Super Man will never known my helpless cry

Because I am Wonder Women  

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