The transition happens in some way to all of us
Who live past the age of peak hormones
As our testosterone ebbs and estrogen wanes
Gender converges into human being.
The potential to identify as a man or a woman
Or some androgynous combination of both
Expressing whatever genes we share in common
Allows us to exhibit every possible characteristic.
We are all hybrid mixes to some degree
Whether or not we are open to the ambiguity
What displays innocently in childhood
Returns to ask acceptance in later years.
This awareness of self is a gift of growing older
If we are able to flow with the changes time brings
To celebrate and embrace who we have become
The person who waited all our lives to emerge.
