I Am No Daughter

I am no daughter of yours

no son,

I am myself,

a picture of someone who is still

learning who I am,

despite all these years

Gender is a buffet, you see. And I’ve been starving all these years

not understanding those people who seem to eat the right things.

Here I have been, waiting at the table for my turn at the buffet,

and now I’ve discovered that there is no turn especially for me,

now I go to the buffet when I’m ready

consequences be damned.

I am no daughter,

no son of yours,

I am myself,

neither of those things you thought or maybe

you wanted

me to be.