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Phantom Skin by Finn Knadle

May 24, 2019
By Finn-Sargento BRONZE, Dennison, Minnesota
Finn-Sargento BRONZE, Dennison, Minnesota
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I want to rip out of my skin


like wrapping paper on my 11th birthday.


To unwrap my skin
and see

my core.


I need you to see

who I am


and to see that I am not

your daughter.


And while in your eyes I am may be

a golden example of loss—


A loss of flesh, blood, and mind—


I am still human.


I am not becoming

someone else,


for I am who I am.


I just want my body to reflect it.


And I beg you

to let it.


The author's comments:

This was written to reflect my feelings about what kind of struggles I have come with me, as I am Transgender.


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