Tomboy (On Gender Identity)

 Also published on Vocal Media (where it earned Top Story 🙂) https://vocal.media/poets/tomboy-ca8qn060e

When I was younger, I didn't have the words

'Tomboy', they called me

I said 'I am a boy' but still

'Tomboy', they called me

I grew up not really knowing how to say

'I'm not a girl'

I never knew another word

'I'm not a girl'

As I grew up, I understood others but

'Tomboy', they called me.

Still not sure about myself

'Tomboy', they call me

Assigned female at birth but never felt it

I'm not a girl

It's my head, not my body

I'm not a girl

I finally have the vocabulary

Not a girl, not a boy

Maybe gender fluid

Not a boy, not a girl

Still discovering my true identity

Not a boy, not a girl

Perhaps nonbinary

Not a girl, not a boy

I don't know what I am, and that's OK

I'm me, and I'm accepted

I don't understand all the terms, and that's OK

I'm me, and I am loved.