why do you

doubt me?

when i say i

can play football

like a champ, you

give me a skeptical look.

is it because i have

the body of a girl,

because i have more curves

than muscle?

and why

won’t you respect me?

you assume i want

physical romance

and that i look

at other girls for

pleasure,

but i don’t and

you seem skeptical

about that too,

and you don’t use

my pronouns,

it’s she/they

not she/her.

why don’t you

understand that?

you just use

your own assumptions

to build a

version of me

within your head,

and you wonder

why i ignore you