They are tired of reading about my sexuality, <br />That I should write about another eventuality, <br />But my sexuality is all I have today, <br />Making me sad in such a way, <br />That stops me from being happy and carefree. <br />If only I could be this girl I so much need to be, <br />I would forever be so grateful you see, <br />As I live the life that was meant for me. <br /> <br />Oh let me be so free and wild, <br />This girl inside that is still a child, <br />Who yearns to break free, <br />For all the world to see. <br /> <br />Please let me be understood, <br />Not treated like a piece of wood, <br />That is so much sawdust, <br />Because to be the girl I must, <br />The life I live should be just, <br />And others should really see, <br />That this girl I have to be.<br /><br />Barbara Lynn Terry<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-girl-i-have-to-be/
