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My Name
March 7, 2022
//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
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PeppyGirl said...
on Mar. 1 at 7:40 pm
@This is incredible! Your write with so much passion! I am so excited to read your other pieces!
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.