TIL

I learned that hispanic women call me "lady" and old women call me "sweetheart,"

to young men I'm "miss" and to old men I'm "young lady"

The lady across the street calls me "darling" and my mom only calls me on weekends

I have a lot of people who call me "friend,"
and a couple who think I'm "the best,"

sometimes I'm "sister" and sometimes I'm "girl,"

When I'm joking I call myself "homie"

and I never really understood when you called me "dude" 

Today I learned that I shrug off the good names, 

shy away from respect,

dance with casual titles and sip raspberry tea with generalities

Today I learned that I'm hiding behind your name

hiding behind a phone call

I think you deserve more.