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March 7, 2022
By AztroWorkz BRONZE, Bellingham, Washington
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//Content warning: Slurs//

 

You call me a liar.

That is not my name.

You call me an attention-seeker.

That is not my name.

You call me broken.

That is not my name.

You call me confused.

That is not my name.

You call me a snowflake.

That is not my name.

You call me a tr*nny.

That is not my name.

You call me a qu**r.

That is not my name.

 

My 

 

Name

 

Is

 

Love.

Family.

Protection.

Loyalty.

Friendship.

Heart.

Soul.

 

What I want it to be.

© Micayla B., Metuchen, NJ

The author's comments:

This is mostly a vent piece about people deadnaming me and assuming who I am for how I look. It helps me to write things down on paper to get it out of my system sometimes.

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SimplyCamila said...
on Mar. 1 at 7:40 pm
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"She was beautiful, but not like those girls in magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn't beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul. She is beautiful."-F. Scott Fitzgerald & "No one has ever become poor by giving."-Anne Frank

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@This is incredible! Your write with so much passion! I am so excited to read your other pieces!