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The road to acceptance is paved in pain
You wanted a perfect little girl
To dress in frilly skirts and sequined shirts
Do up her hair in little pigtails that wave in the breeze
You wanted her to grow into a successful young woman
Get married
Have kids
Experience a baby growing and forming and kicking in her stomach
This is what you wanted
But instead you got a damaged, imperfect boy
One who has been confused since the day he was born
One who has been subjected to cruel pranks and teasing remarks
Who has subjected himself to the worst of the abuse
Who tried to starve and purge and cut the hatred away
Who only wanted to feel whole
To feel happy
To be who he was all along
Finally
Finally
He got the nerve to accept himself
And came out to you
And you…
You didn’t accept him
About the Creator
Finn River Clemons
Mental illness
Suffering
Pain
I write to you
But not in vain
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