Spineless

I feel like

My spine went missing

All of the sudden.

In my eyes...

Do they look hollow?

Do they appear empty?

Did their light become so concentrated

You can't find it?

It's more than aggravation.

It's more than sadness.

It's more than paralysis.

Think about it this way:

No.

You can't do that.

No.

You can't have that.

No.

You can't be that.

Why?

Because you are not.

So....

I can't live my life?

I can't engage with fun?

I can't be myself?

Why?

Because you can't see me.

It's worse than invisibility.

It's different than rejection.

It's deeper than being misunderstood.

Created.

Then being masked.

And being erased.

Then told to settle.

We call it

Transphobia.