I was born outside...
   outside the mainstream,
       outside my own ethnicity,
I am outside of how
    a lady is supposed to act.
I am on the outside - looking in.
I can see how the others live~
     knowing it will never include me.
I experience others of my ethnicity-
    yet I'm shunned due to lack of melanin.
I'm educated, intelligent, funny and witty-
  yet I lack that feminine quality
       of being demure.
I demand honesty-
     but I can't trust you with my secrets.
I've too many scars....