The Delphian has introduced this poetry section so students may submit their original poems to be considered for publication. Submit poems up to 250 words to delphian@adelphi.edu and elizabethpanchyk@mail.adelphi.edu.
As I am coming up on my three-year anniversary of being out as trans I felt it fitting to showcase this poem I wrote about me not only discovering who I am but fully embracing myself. Being trans is hard sometimes but over time I became the people I look up to in the trans community for others. If you like this poem you can see it performed as a song at the Fall Arts Festival on Wednesday, Oct. 12 around 1 pm in the courtyard area outside the UC.
Becoming Him
By Mylo Fisherman
She walked these halls not too long ago
A photo of a person I used to know
Becoming him was hard
But leaving her behind was harder
He looks in the mirror and she is the reflection
It's so hard to bear the mental misconception
Her physical quirks are always within him
the features of which make him grim
She is there when he picks out his clothes
Helping him make sure that no one knows
She is there when he puts on his binder
A little piece of fabric that serves as a reminder
She is there in the crimson river
The monthly disaster that makes him shiver
She makes things so tough
But he is so much tougher
He cut off her hair
A masculine sight that felt great to wear
He changed her name
Mylo being one he could proclaim
Despite his lack of testosterone
His strength and visibility shown
Past me would be proud
To see my pride so loud
He became the person he needed when he was younger
Becoming him was hard but adversity made him stronger