Sat in this gown since eight AM, Third doctor now, same story again, "It's probably stress," "it's all in your head," Ten years of pain and you handed me Advil instead. I know my body better than your chart, I've lived in this thing from the very start, Stop explaining me to my own damn self, I didn't come here for your fucking disbelief. Waiting room, waiting room, I've been waiting since I was sixteen, Waiting room, waiting room, For someone to believe what I mean, I'm not being dramatic, I'm not being loud, I'm just done shrinking myself for this crowd, Waiting room, waiting room, I'm done waiting on you. "Are you sure it's not just anxiety," "Have you thought about losing weight, maybe," Wrote my symptoms down for the fifth time this year, Watched you nod at my husband instead of my fear. I know my body better than your chart, I've lived in this thing from the very start, Stop explaining me to my own damn self, I didn't come here for your fucking disbelief. Waiting room, waiting room, I've been waiting since I was sixteen, Waiting room, waiting room, For someone to believe what I mean, I'm not being dramatic, I'm not being loud, I'm just done shrinking myself for this crowd, Waiting room, waiting room, I'm done waiting on you. Every woman in this waiting room Has a folder full of no, Has a decade of dismissal, Has a pain that wouldn't show on your scan, on your chart, on your six-minute clock — We are not making this up. We are NOT making this up. Waiting room, waiting room, I've been waiting since I was sixteen, Waiting room, waiting room, For someone to believe what I mean, Waiting room, waiting room, I'm done waiting on you. Done waiting on you.
