Words are one way in which we can create bridges toward each other and create these alphabetical band-aids to make us feel as though, okay I can get through this hour, I can get through this day…Language is going to save us, in every way.”
We Do Not need permission to rise
“We Do Not Need Permission to Rise”: An Anthology of LGBTQ Poetry and Art published by Beyond the Veil Press
when they publish a list of all the ways they want to undo you
even when all the doors seem locked, there is [somehow] always a rainbow to lead the way…
somewhere on the east coast
Dear New York, we met during my lonely period. We’ve done some horrible things to each other and yet I keep coming back. What am I expecting from you?
seussian smile
when you bank on a body, confused with mine, all patchworked and removed—
you expect, you want, it is your privilege to see it stretch for you.