choices

our teeth
have been taught
to keep the words in
because it's better to blend in
than to fight for a losing team.
ask me how many kids
i’d like to breed,
i’ll look the other way
and say i’m okay.
i guess
i should confess,
it makes me depressed.
they say being feminine means being xx
and wearing a dress.
maybe if only i could
change the way i look,
all these people would
stop picking at my wounds.
i’m not sorry i don’t conform
to society's norms,
but i really don’t like the way
my shirts were made
to be buttoned by someone else.
i know you wish
i wouldn’t be this-
believe me, i do too,
but i never go to choose.