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I identify as a female

The journey of life has been an uphill

When everyone chooses not to agree

With their birth identity

Kind of like pulling a donkeys tail

I identify as a female

The world is just not the same

You and I are really not to blame

The secret of life is still a mystery

I care not to guess your identity

You have your own boat to sail

I identify as a female

But perception always has the upper hand

A Human being is your brand

My perception is that you are you

No matter if you are male, female or simply one of the  chosen few

I identify and perceive you can be who you want to be

We hang our coveralls on the same nail

I am not a male- I don’t want to be a male- I’m the best of the best because I was born a female

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Kimberly Green lives in Fort Smith, Arkansas and she is a veteran of the USAF with 21 years of service.  A widow of a 23 year army combat veteran who died from service connected injuries,   she has writing since a tender age but it was after the death of her husband that she started to write more on the topics of war, combat, war injuries and the Holocaust and it’s survivors.   She has been published 56 times most of them in a magazine called Veterans Voices but she has started to branch out because she really would like to see her Holocaust poems published.