Everyday that I wake,

I step out of bed,

and see the same thing.

Every day,

I am queer,

and everyday,

I am punk.

I am punk 

not because I look it,

but because my existence

defies the world at large.

I was born with holes

in my brain,

and a dead twin,

with a doctor saying,

“The baby won’t live long”.

I grew up being told to

cover up.

I grew up being told to

listen and obey.

But my existence means

I refuse to listen to

anyone but me.

No laws can govern

my body

or my thoughts.

I see myself everyday

and I know

They are punk.