I am incarcerated
Even though I am the victim
The perpetrators: thousands upon thousands of nucleotides
The double helix bars, limiting me, bent
But are never broken
Why does he have a taller cage?
Why is her cage thinner?
Each in our own prisons
We are all incarcerated
Even though I am the victim
The perpetrators: thousands upon thousands of nucleotides
The double helix bars, limiting me, bent
But are never broken
Why does he have a taller cage?
Why is her cage thinner?
Each in our own prisons
We are all incarcerated
This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.


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