I am more than my skin tone,
More than my place of birth,
I am more than my culture,
My species on this Earth.
I am more than my gender,
More than you may have heard,
I am more than a pronoun,
My sex is just a word.
I am more than a number,
More than a head to count,
I am more than a trophy,
My flesh not yours to mount.
I am a different person,
More than I was before,
I am my true reflection,
My secret life no more.
I am a phoenix rising,
More than the heart you spurned,
I am alive and learning,
My past self dead and burned.
I am a new beginning,
More than I was back then,
I am a different ending,
A chance to live again.