T-Allyn - Hello Poetry

T-Allyn

T-Allyn

35/M/Dallas I write so that my Blackness cannot be diluted, my queerness cannot be hidden, my inheritance cannot be denied. To read me is to be changed by me.

body weight carry knowing silence will queerness shame history blackness thought dark black knew wrapped boy quiet love day supposed born inheritance skin felt corners learned hands wake whispered breath room lesson exist learn survive blood heavy belonged walked thing strike proving time moment morning linger comfort men buried spaces space hand erased small secret sun long crime mine life carried people fear tested clinic place looked positive night obscurity reaching ache fold call died times rooms held years voice flinch leave breathe move break moves eyes trust meant measure turn longing worth hold queer left burden prayers tucked things head forced battle fight equal america understood warned passed desire denied bodies lineage written watched measured live rewritten reckoning spoke word armor careful silent reason worthy demand better remember good inside truth safety family lips afraid hiv standing check sat clean diagnosis tongue sit breathed deep status offend heat backs