I cry inside Whenever anyone In all innocence Refers to me As the gender In which I once did reside My heart breaks As another part Of who i am Dies inside And the after echo Of these moments Tears away at my soul As i fall Down another black hole I have no choice I do not have the means To change My face, or voice I have the mind And the brain And the heart And body Of a woman I am now Completely me Free from most of the shackles That once binded me So i am lucky That my essence And soul Are now free And i can at last be Truly me