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You're Okay,
I'm Not So Sure About Me! by Andrea Lena DiMaggio I've had something on my mind |
expectations for confessing
and just accept that my crossdressing
should be allowed no room.
I should reject my gender,
while being an offender
merely for remaining as when
I left my mother's womb.
I'm not the "right" religion;
so as not to cause division
I should think now of revision
and cast my faith away.
I chose the wrong profession,
this being my confession;
I'm sad for my transgression
So I'll abandon it today!
I should have written prose
which satisfied all those
I guess, surmise, suppose
who wanted something else, I gather.
I feel somewhat rejected,
as some have might projected
which I should have just expected
even though nothing's the matter.
And I might just feel alone,
but that's probably all wrong;
Since I'm singing this sad song
for more friends than I can say.
So have a care, please do
when you're convinced of what is true;
that I'd never critique you
In the same judgmental way.
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I think you and W. S. Gilbert have a lot in common. Just don't die trying to rescue a young woman from drowning.
Portia
Portia
I like it
Thank you, this expressed some of what I felt too.
Kendra
When others try to keep us down,
we need to stay strong because it is in our strength that we can heal. We can not only heal ourselves with our strengths, but others as well and bring about a better understanding. My book Chrissie is all about that strength and helping others with that strength. This is a wonderful write and it says much that goes through the mind of every transgendered person in the world, even those of us who have that strength to carry on. Why do we carry on in the first place? Because we want to bring a better understanding of our world to the mainstream. Thank you Drea for sharing and Happy New Year.
"With confidence and forbearance, we will have the strength to move forward."
Love & hugs,
Barbara
"If I have to be this girl in me, Then I have the right to be."
"With confidence and forbearance, we will have the strength to move forward."
Love & hugs,
Barbara
"If I have to be this girl in me, Then I have the right to be."
'Drea, your poetry is really
'Drea,
your poetry is really special and lovely. In this brief poem, you have captured the very essence of being TG and its effect on those who are. Hugs and lovely thoughts coming your way. Jan
Why did I suddenly think of the 60's song ...
Windnills of My Mind?
But then I'm weird.
Thanks again for sharing.
John in Wauwatosa
John in Wauwatosa
To OUR Poet Laureate !
ALISON
ANDREA,I could never ,ever,think of you as judgemental!
Thank you again for your heart warming verse and the
lovely comments it generated.You are the sunshine of
my life!!
ALISON
Nice poem 'Drea,
Choices, there are always choices. We can only judge our own choices by our own yardstick. What comes to me with this is a sense of unworthiness due to not meeting some perceived 'yardstick' other than your own to judge yourself with. This , I have found, is a common theme with TG stuff, a sense of not being worthy, coupled with some sort of inane snobbery regarding who is the better TG, with those who have transitioned perceived as being better than TV/CD being better than those in the closet firmly, and so on. Nobody is better than anyone else. Ones gender, profession, religion, race or any other thing is a part of who we are, not our defining quality and in my mind, just because I don't agree with others on certain issues, does not make me respect and love them less.
- You take care - Jayne.
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Drea wake up sis
I know things hurt, and I know most of why... Everything will work out the way it's supposed to. I promise you.
Drea
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I am always watching over you. Protecting you...
Come out into the light and enjoy life.
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Dear,
I live with it every day too. God Bless you, it's not your faith but rather the lack of faith in others.
I wish my writing was able to cut to the heart of the matter like yours.
Hugs
Carla Ann
Dear Manic Mom...
...Lazarus has risen to the metre of this poem. This sounds similar to another righteous poet:
What else should I be
All apologies
What else should I say
Everyone is gay
What else could I write
I don't have the right
What else should I be
All apologies - K. Cobain
I mean it sounds so apologetic and you've done nothing wrong. So there! :)
Your Lil' Semi-sick Brat
being judgemental
should be reserved to "he who has no sin".
Nice poem.
Dorothycolleen