Dawn Of A New Reality

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As a slightly overweight 14 year old schoolboy, I was forced against my will to start wearing women's shapewear (a panty girdle) as part of my regular school uniform. This poem describes how I felt getting dressed that first morning.

Such intense shame is eating him away;
a sleepless night, his face is tired and drawn.
He braces for an agonising day.

He knows that on this point he has no say;
the time to plead, to beg, has come and gone.
Such intense shame is eating him away.

With dread he reads the bedside clock display;
grey light proclaims the coming of the dawn.
He braces for an agonising day.

So now he must get dressed, no more delay;
pick up the panty girdle he must don.
Such intense shame is eating him away.

On glimpsing his reflection, turns away;
his stricken face he cannot look upon.
He braces for an agonising day.

School uniform conceals his corsetry;
he prays no one shall learn what he has on.
Such intense shame is eating him away.
He braces for an agonising day.

Category: Best Medium-Length Poem, Structured


Genre: Best Biographical