Boys Will Be Boys

boys will be boys

performing perverted acts

and girls will be girls

forever living in fear.

boys will be boys,

stigmatized for the acts of others.

girls will be girls

jumping on the opportunity

to criticize.

boys are in the wrong.

girls are in the wrong.

everyone suffers.

girls living in fear for what they wear

and boys being disbelieved

when they report their share

of sexual harrassment.

is it any wonder

that i don't want any part

of this binary clusterfuck?

better to slide in between

the pink and blue

a purple middle ground

so that i don't have to deal

with perverted boys

and judging girls.

everyone has their flaws

indeed i do too

and it's not fair to generalize

based on the acts of a few.

i don't want to be a boy

and i don't want to be a girl

because no matter which gender i

choose to identify with,

you can't win.

boys will be boys,

girls will be girls,

and i will be me,

far away from

all of it.