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Chapter 50 - Listen

A little kid being told who and what they are

being told who they are going to grow up to be

being told who to like

what is typical for a specific gender, and what that gender shouldn't do

What if I want to break that norm

what if I want to like a girl or a boy

So what if I wear dresses or don't wear dresses

what if I sit with my legs open or if I want to cross them

So what if I become a lawyer or a doctor

Or if I become the poorest person on the planet

Let me live

You always control my life.

Tell me what to do, who to like, what to say, how to act

Now you want to tell me who to become friends with

Want to tell me that I am too fat

That I need to lose weight

That I need to eat less

Why would you say that to me

it f***ing hurts

It hurts like hell to hear you say that to me

To hear it coming from the person that's supposed to love me no matter what

But you know what

I'm not gonna listen anymore

I am going to listen to myself

Listen to what I want

Do what I want to do

Like who I want to like

Follow my path

If you don't like it

then that means that you never loved me

If you loved me, you would support me being happy

respect my decisions and stand by me

I now see that you don't listen

you don't want to listen to me

you only listen to yourself

to what you wish for me

to what you want me to look like, be like, act like

I am not your puppet, not your doll

Listen to yourselves, guys

Follow your guts

Be who want to be

Like who you want to like

You only live once

why make others dictate your life

It is YOUR LIFE

Not theirs

They lived their lives how they wanted to

Now live yours the way you want

Listen to yourselves