Skinned knees and loud voices
Constant movement
Constant yelling
Everything is a game
And everything is funny

So full of emotion and love,
Told to tamp it down and keep it in.

Forced into dresses and skirts.
Unsure about why their body is changing
Unsure about what it means to be a “woman.”
Don’t really want to be a woman.

Little goblin boys grew into princesses
and now must learn how to be men.

(written for the 11am hour on my phone in a Dunkin Donuts.)