Trying To Be Normal

[Sally]

Trying To Be Normal

By Sally Michelle Jackson

I know it has happened to each and every one of us

That moment when our friends throw us under the bus

And then they strike with the worst phrase that they can

Why don’t you just live your life according to their plan

And be the person you look like to them, be a man

Maybe grow a mustache to look like Yosemite Sam

They look and see everything just they way they want it to be

But that definitely won’t work when they are looking at me

The person they see is a character I play

A role that I can’t shed for even one day

I have grown old with wrinkles on face and hand

Living the wrong life one of this man I can’t stand

It is said that everything happens for a reason

I am still waiting for our transgendered season

I hope that if I continue to work along my way

I’ll learn my purpose and that reason one day

All I can do is to forget about being normal and live my life

The best that I can in the here and now while avoiding strife

I spend a lot of my time helping others in this plight

Sometimes in the day or in the middle of the night

We have to stay together to make it or so it seems

To find little ways of being ourselves by any means

The Internet our only connection to each other

The means to reach out to each sister or brother

I spend my time all alone in my darkened room

The glow from the monitor cuts through the gloom

And I go to my place the home that I’ve found

Where support, acceptance and love abound

So far from the world of the normal I’ll stay

And turn to my friends on line to spend a day

With no person that I am supposed to be

Here with people who love and accept me

So take all of your pressure and scolding and quilt

I have played that role far too long and all to the hilt

I have come to the end of his time

Stepping into a world that is mine

[Guest gwenthlian]

A beautiful piece i love the last couple of lines, a powerful ending