A Little Too…

I am a little too much or too little for some folks. Just existing seems to cause people pain. You see, I am a woman, a girl, and your misogyny and patriarchy has my brain wondering how just being me can cause such disdain?

This is not news to any woman. The opinions of both sexes on how we should be, run rampant when our hearts and minds just want to be free. One day I am too obstinate; the next day, too yielding. No matter what I do, it’s never okay to simply be me.

My parents told me I was too sensitive from the time I was three. I learned to control my tears, but then I was…