More Than My Gender

                                         They say I'm a girl, and that gives me a gain,
                             A head start in life, or a pass through the rain.
                                         But what they don't see, or choose to ignore,
                           Is I work just as hard, maybe even more.

                                           I'm more than my gender, more than they know,
                                     My skills and my strength, that's how I grow.
                                           I won't take the credit for just being "she,"
                                     Because who I am runs far deeper than they see.