Open Book

My life is an open book,

I say on our first date

Shrugging to say "what of it?"

What do you want to know?

To clarify

When I say my life is an open book

I don’t mean I’ll tell you everything

I mean you’ll have to read to find out more

You will need to know which pages to look for

And how to look up the answers to the questions you’re most curious about

See the index in the back and refer to the appropriate page

Or maybe it’s alphabetized:

Q is for Queerness, Questioning

R is for Race (or lack thereof)

S is for Sexual awakenings

T is for Trauma, Transgender, Transition

I am an open book

Waiting to be picked up

Have my spine broken

And feel you leaf through me

Until you grow tired of the plot.