Chrysalis [Edit 1]

[Alic Elliot]

Edit 1

Trapped in a body
That is my own,
but is not.
Wishing I could have chosen
for myself.

How I could be alien
to myself?
When I look in the mirror

I'm not me.

Strange, that.
My preference of parts,
these versus those.
How some could be

So
Very
Wrong

Cloth wrapped around my breasts
binding them tight,
willing them gone,
hiding them under layers.

Chemicals and hormone pills,
stretching bones, painfully.
Building muscle, removing curves

Would it be wrong
To compare this
To metamorphosis?

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Trapped

In a body that is my own
But feels as if it is not
Wishing I could have chosen
For myself

Strange, that.

The appeal of one set of genitalia
Versus another, and how one
Could feel

So
Very
Wrong

Chemicals, hormones
Building muscle, stretching bone
Cloth binding breasts
That will soon be gone

Would it be wrong
To compare this
To metamorphosis?