Category: citizen trans* {project}
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The day I awoke, To see a portent of things to come, I tried my hardest to weep for those who suffer, But found I could not. For as I searched within myself, The only thing I could feel was anger. “Hate is a strong word!” Cry the elders of my youth, Their hands…
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Manifestation is a word I became obsessed with during my churchgoing years. I miss the adrenaline of manifestation—the mystical idea of an ethereal being possessing my body—the hope that something beyond my reality could be possible—something that could take me away into bliss. So much changed in my life the year after Trump was elected.…
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You say what we decideShouldn’t be a reason to divideBut it’s a little hard not to divideWhen you’re already chastised.When you’re already cast asideWhen you’re already marginalizedCan’t vote across an aisleCan’t write in the marginsLike my whole life is just a side noteA freakish side showTo be forgottenBecause God forbidYou colored outside your linesBut I’m…
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after tristan richards & david epstein nov. 2024 arrived like the creation of a sex robot from various sci-fi films: weird science, ex machina, westworld—ironically where most days my fate is resigned to.western society, western superiority, western ideology– manufactured for pleasure but is it pleasing when greed usurps resources from beneath our actual feet?coal, oil,…
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I see that little boyStaring back at meIn the mirrorIn the morningCouldn’t be clearerWhat I see But It all falls apartWhen I look downLittle princeWhere’s your crownWipe your tearsHide your frownYour fine Just a littleMixed upNothing we can’tFix butMight take some timeThey’re not on our sideThe people are blind
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It’s late, I know it is, The sky begins to twist, The melancholy purple I’ve come to love. The clock bleeds, My heart bleeds with it. As the sun begins to rise, The deepest part of my soul dies. I look outside, It’s the same as it’s always been, Yet I don’t know where I am. I am afraid to get up, If I do, the world…
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Torch the damn buildings down and speak with your whole throat. Make your actions meaningful, the profile pic filters and memes are embarrassing at this point and don’t mean shit. (I’m so sick and tired of having to teach people how to show up for me as if I’m a new element on the periodic table that…
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All I know is what I give every day.Before the election, I was already spinning out. For weeks, I’ve beencoming to classdried out of dreamseager to find a way to undo my clenchedfist. There’s this old saying“Give them the right questions, not the right answers.” It’s been gettingharder to want to pour more into what…
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The average life expectancyFor trans people is 35Due to violence and suicide My future vision is blurryI can see fuzzy outlinesShadows taking shape I see a face crumpled in sorrowHeavy with loss and longingUntil I’m stiff as a board in a boxThen light as a feather I don’t want to be just another statisticI deserve to live a…
