By Ericka Lacsamana | Staff Poet
I am strong
I am clever
I belong
I forever
I am happy
I am sad
I can be sappy
I can be bad
I have rights
I can live
I have peaceful fights
I can give
I take
I forgive
I make
I continue to live
I am a woman
I am Gender binary
I am not a given
I am Cis-gender
I continue to live
I have a right to breathe
I have so much more to give
I have the right to be
I don’t have to explain
I have boobs
I also have a brain
I may confuse you
I may intrigue you
I am not here to amuse you
I am not here to abuse or
be abused by you
Open your eyes
And take a good look
In a unique guise
But not one out of a book
Or a magazine, or a bill
board
And not in disguise
Don’t forget what you saw
Because that’s just the start
of what you see
As you move forward
You’re going to see
More of me
