Winter

“What’s died wants to fall awaywhat’s mine isn’t mine to staywhen I try to keep something close to meit keeps me from being free”– Nine Days I am trying not to fight winter. It has been years since I’ve had to sustain myself through the freezing rain, feet of snow, and numbing cold that blankets […]

Winter

“What’s died wants to fall away what’s mine isn’t mine to stay when I try to keep something close to me it keeps me from being free” – Nine Days   I am trying not to fight winter. It has been years since I’ve had to sustain myself through the freezing rain, feet of snow, […]

Suicide Note

Suicide Note lazerprincess: If you are reading this, it means that I have committed suicide and obviously failed to delete this post from my queue. Please don’t be sad, it’s for the better. The life I would’ve lived isn’t worth living in… because I’m transgender. I could go into detail explaining why I feel that […]

Poetry and Racism

I don’t know how to talk about a lot of things so I usually end up talking about poetry. Poetry freezes a moment, looks deeply at the past and present contained in one interaction, shares a story that is not just of one individual in one time period, but a collective experience spanning generations. Poetry […]