This video is lovely and powerful. In particular there is one little boy who makes the art of saying affirmations very much his own. And at the end, he asks a question.
https://thescene.com/watch/presents/parents-write-affirmations-for-their-transgender-children
They don’t like balloons.
The great, bobbing shapes bother them,
And the flouting of gravity.
The hiss as air escapes.
They could, if they wanted
Make paper chains and streamers of themselves.
But they don’t.
Music means nothing to them.
They don’t dance the conga
Or limbo:
Both feel redundant.
But, on their birthdays…
They bask in the warmth
Of imaginary candles.
They quietly flick their tongues
To taste the air
Of a fresh year.
Yes, they celebrate.
Tom Juniper Poetry 