In someone else's shoes

A poem by John Tao

What are these boulders?
What are these weights that drag me down?
They'll bounce,
they'll flounce,
they'll pounce.
But they aren't mine.
These chains do not belong to me.
Though they stare balefully through the mirror.
Eyes dark, puffy, and accusing.
Telling me,
molding me,
forcing me.
But they aren't mine
I do not choose to be who I am
But body of mine I make the choice to live as who I am
And you aren't going to drag me down.