As I Went By
by Barbara Lynn Terry © 2006

As I went by, did you notice me,
The girl inside I so need to be?
Or was it my body you just see,
And there you stop,
With a hint you'd drop,
That there is no girl you can see?

As I went by, did you stop to think,
That your words just make me shrink,
With sadness in my eyes,
And never could I ever be a guy?
Or did you just pass and laugh at me,
With contempt and scorn of who I be?

As I went by, couldn't you just see,
I was different than you, this girl in me?
Or did you just ignore my sad plea,
To treat me as the lady I have always been,
Deep inside my soul from birth, and then
Accept this girl that is inside of me?

No? I really didn't think so.
But I will be this girl in me,
No matter who you think,
I should be.