In touch with my interoceptive feelings
As I monitor my sensations from head to toe
An experience I alone contain in my anatomy
At times I think about being in a different body
Once I could run effortlessly long distances
And lift and carry heavy weights easily
And work long hours without getting tired
But it’s not that body in my past familiar to me
I try to imagine what it would be like
If my gender could somehow switch
Knowing there's no way to really know
Except that it would not feel the same inside
No doubt others would treat me differently
Often offensively in my case becoming female
But my introspection concerns my outlook on life
If I were constructed differently
No longer being flooded with male hormones
Urging me to mate and procreate
My perspective contemplates a role reversal
What if men got pregnant and gave birth
I dare say the law would enshrine choice
And many other things would change
If women could walk away leaving the men
To contend with the fetus and subsequent labor
