don't sing.
girl birds
are brown.
girl lions
don't have regal hair.
we wish we could be like crickets,
content
to just be.
without the red feathers.
we wish it
wasn't
expected
of us
to be
those bright colors,
performing tricks,
singing songs.
girl ducks
are plain
and their
value
is still quite
apparent.
we wish
our value
was
recognized,
seen.
some
of us
have
forgotten
it
ourselves.
and have
forgotten
that
plain
is often
more beautiful
than sharp,
red,
feathers.
