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