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Note to self (5)
How can you be true to yourself
When you do not even know
What ''yourself'' is?
True, some people know
From Day One what they
Want to do in life.
A nephew of mine, already
Into chemistry at an early age
Also obtained a PhD in chemistry
At a relatively young age.
Brilliant.
Others, like me, just seem
To forever wander aimlessly
Forever seeking yet never finding
Somewhat akin to one's sexual
Identity....straight, bi, bi-curious?
Some kids know from the get-go
That they are in the wrong body
Other discover their true self
Along the way, accepting
Or rejecting their finds until
They rue the day
Hating who and what they are
To the point of damaging
Their mental health in the process
Denying is worse than accepting
Even for the machos who will
Deceive themselves to death
While making themselves
And others unhappy.
When you do not even know
What ''yourself'' is?
True, some people know
From Day One what they
Want to do in life.
A nephew of mine, already
Into chemistry at an early age
Also obtained a PhD in chemistry
At a relatively young age.
Brilliant.
Others, like me, just seem
To forever wander aimlessly
Forever seeking yet never finding
Somewhat akin to one's sexual
Identity....straight, bi, bi-curious?
Some kids know from the get-go
That they are in the wrong body
Other discover their true self
Along the way, accepting
Or rejecting their finds until
They rue the day
Hating who and what they are
To the point of damaging
Their mental health in the process
Denying is worse than accepting
Even for the machos who will
Deceive themselves to death
While making themselves
And others unhappy.
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