I talked to my therapist about getting prescribed testosterone.
And I'm so excited and exhausted.
I've been carrying a body that wasn't mine around
For so long.
My mom is terrified and she doesn't know how she'll tell her friends and family.
But I don't care if my aunt like what .doing with my body.
I live in this being and if testosterone makes me feel content than leave me be.
My voice would get deeper
I might get taller
I will sprout facial hair like my brother.
My dad will either have two sons or one son.
No daughter will bloom into womenhood like rosettes and ivory.
I am a man.
I am Mark.
I have been for many years, it's not my fault that I never had language to apply to myself.
I am coming out of my own shadow.













