KarMel
Scholarship 2008
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Poem “Half
Son, Half Daughter” By Casey Constant |
Desciption of Submission: “A poem dealing with some of the conflicts caused
by being transgendered, both internal and at
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Half
son, half daughter: Half
inner and half outer; One
glance is all it takes to chart my life. No
hesitation; To
fix this aberration, A
path is chosen: daughter, mother, wife. Stuck
in the middle, I
long for something simple, But
instead I'm subject to a traitor's whims. Each
day it worsens; The
rift between them deepens. Iscarian
blossoms mar my chest and bind my limbs. Losing
myself daily in this turbulent sea of x and y... Choosing
between freedom and safety in disguise... Don't
cry, dear Mother: You
haven't lost a daughter; After
all, you can't lose what you've never had. You
have two others To
form into perfect mothers. Why
can't you let me be what makes me glad? I
can't continue To
seek myself within you. I
must be free to be myself or die. And
so I let go, Become
the man that I know And
remove all traces of that wretched lie. It's
simple, don't you see: my biology's all wrong... I
have to fix this mess you've made before it's been too long... Half
son, half daughter: Half
inner and half outer; One
glance is all it takes to chart my life. No
hesitation; To
fix this aberration, My
only hope lies underneath the knife. Leaving
the middle In
search of something simple, Taking
full control of my own fate... It
eases each day; The
rift begins to fade away. The
treacherous flower begins to dissipate... |