I Must Start Living

Twenty two years with the body of a man
How much more can a girl take
I have to become the girl that I am
Because only then can I start living

And what use is life if I'm not alive
Not being the person I can be
It would not be a proper life for me
When I die I would never have lived

That's not how I want it to be
I want to change and become myself
I know that it would hurt a lot of people
But I would rather die than not change
And would that not hurt the same people?

But I have no will to end my time here
I wont give up fighting to be me
One day I will look back and say to friends
Do you know I once had a male body?

May 1995

Poetry - Gender Stuff

Two become one
All Change
Androgyny
Aussie Boy
Beautiful Souls
BeckyBoiGrrl
Boy Girl
Be Yourself
The boy in the skirt
Be the girl you are
Call Me Louise
Simple Courtesy
Excuse Me
Freedom
Girly Side
Grey Space
I am Rebecca
The Invisible Line
Kill The Lie
Labels
L'Attitude Femme
So Lucky
I must start living
Middle Ground
No Confusion
Other Girls
The Old System
Rebecca
Rosie Must Live
Release The Girl Inside
So Beautiful
See Me
Space Between
Two Genders
Two lives is one too many
Why Are You A Girl
Be The Woman
You're a Beautiful Woman