Untitled What am I if by another name? I will be who I was meant to.
Tag: pride
2022 Poem Sixteen
I Have Made Mistake But You Weren’t One Every scroll through my camera roll shows me that stark amber circle hugging hazel eyes barely clinging to life. Every photo is full of mossy greens, grey blues that rival the North Atlantic, and honey browns….
2022 Poem Twenty-Two
Bricks Everything will be alright with you by my side. We can share our bricks.
2022 Poem Six
A list of things that fit on our king sized bed with us on it: Two cats; a dozen sweatshirts; a sense of belonging I have never felt before in my life; one-eighth of our polycule; three stuffies the size of a toddler; getting lost…
2022 Poem Five
CW: Dysphoria Dysphoria is my Neighbor I no longer want to live in this neighborhood. My neighbor posts all day on NextDoor to spread lies about me. She complains about me; What I do, how I look, anything she can find to complain about….
2022 Poem Four
CW: older language/reclaimed slur; religious imagery Untitled “God blessed me by making me transexual for the same reason God made what but not bread and fruit but not wine, so that humanity might share in the act of creation.” ~ Julian K. Jarboe …
2022 Poem Two
CW: Mentions of eugenics, anti-abortion protests, HIV, COVID, accusations of grooming Untitled We’re on the edge. Don’t cover your eyes, your ears. The writing has been on the wall. Written in the blood of those who came before me. Your rose colored glasses just…
#9- Happiness Pool
My hands holding the rim of the pool, My feet swaying in the blue depths, The water lapping against me, My eyes kissing the horizon. Stories above the rest, Looking at the city from my vantage, A sense of satisfaction engulfing me, As I look…
#7-What’s Normal?
Her whole life, Every breath she takes, She wants to change what’s normal, She wants to change what’s accepted. She wants people to feel like home, No matter who they love, No matter who they want to be, No matter who they are. She wants…