Nobody asks me to carry everything I do.
I do it bc I want to,
And it makes me happy.
But when I have to put something down
'Cause it’s getting too heavy,
I’m treated like I have caused
A PERSONAL offense
Punishable by being ripped open
And ogled at
Without my consent.
Spoken to condescendingly,
Sexualized,
Slut-shamed,
And treated like I’m “tripping.”
When I speak,
It’s like,
“Nobody gets that part of me I’ve never spoken out loud.
Wow.”
Yet when it’s to you I have to express myself,
It’s sneak dissing
And being hurtfully dismissed.
If you’re a man listening to this
Thinking you sent me on this spiral
Please don’t flatter yourself.
A man could never make me cry
More than crocodile tears
To get my way.
This is for everyone that claims to love me
And know me better than I know myself.
Claims to understand me
And see me
More than I’ll ever know.
Sometimes I wanna get mad at my mom,
But I almost killed her when I was born.
Is this my punishment?
Every time I disappoint her,
Does she resent me
Por el trauma que causé
Pa’ que me diera luz?
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