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Sep 2021
Ratify my freedom
Let me roam and be free
18 in 297 days and more responsible than most of my age
I already date who I choose
I wear a ring from that one person I chose

Let me be free
I understand my rights
I don't want to be a ward anymore
18 in less than 9 months and still treated like a baby
I already have a plan in place for when I am 18
I and the person of my choosing will go away from here

Release your hold on me, my county in my state
I have studied your laws and taken the classes
I don't want the feeling of being owned anymore
18 in less than 7128 hours and still dont have the same rights as others
I know the rules and I know if I could prove I could be by myself

Resign your case and let me be
I can go on from here
I only have 427680 minutes left in my teenagehood
I can do this without you
I dont need you

Pardon me out of this jail cell of a case
I dont need this anymore
I want to go home again
only 25660800 seconds left
Left till legally you leave me alone
But now you urge me to sign myself back in when my time is up
Tabitha Lee
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Tabitha Lee  18/Gender Fluid/Nowhere but everywhere
(18/Gender Fluid/Nowhere but everywhere)   
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