Change
My pronouns change like the tides
like the moon
like the wind
My pronouns shift like a desert
Like a river
Like a beach
My pronouns vary by the day
By the week
By the hour
I change like nature
Try to keep up
About the Author: Charlie McClurken is an eighth grader at Washington Irving Middle School in Virginia. They love theater and writing, especially poetry. Charlie is genderfluid and often explains what it’s like through poems. “Change” is their first piece to ever be published.