Reports

Stigma


Reported by Shift

Published on Monday, December 18th, 2023

Identity Stigma
Reports

Stigma


Written by Shift

Published on Monday, December 18th, 2023

Identity

Stigma

Will this blemish be what creates me and can I be me without it

As I go about my day, will my decision to wear a dress or trousers define my outcomes

With all the reactions and responses which ones will remain the same

As I look in the mirror

I see another looking back at me

Wondering who I am

Am I all the different parts of everyone else

Can you truly see Me!

I am so many different ideas of selection

I am only that of the perception of the other

Incapable of accepting me as anything else

The interpretation of standards

Incorporated and represented

By the justification of one’s own belief

As I stand firm against the grain that is embedded in my face

Will these cracks define me

Can I breathe through all the expectations laid before me

A pathway full of mirrors

Am I able to see within all these reflections

Exposing me to the elements

Will the cream from Boots superstore really do it??

As I slap it on, trying to soften my experience

I think to myself

What The Fuck

Shift

Written by Shift


Shift is a Listen Up reporter

Read all of Shift's articles

Tags


Identity Stigma