Arlen

Arlen Mar 2

Old Man

Old man, you left me there
Floating, drowning in the sea
So now that I've finally made it back to land
Don't pretend you still know me

#family #father #dad #overcome #life

Arlen Feb 28

Body

This body is not my home
The words you use for me are not my own
So, please don't presume to know me
As you see my passing by
What lies beneath the surface
Is more than what meets
Society's eye

#body #trans #transgender

Arlen Feb 21

Not quite dead

The name is not quite dead
Sometimes it still falls from my own lips
But one day soon
Things will change
I'll send out the bullet
Then the name can lay
Within the tomb

#transgender #trans #deadname

Arlen Mar 2022

i am

i am not a vibrant ocean blue
nor as pink as the sunset sky

i am not the daughter you watched grow
nor will i ever be a guy

i am not anything you said I'd be
instead, I am simply me

#nonbinary #gender #genderqueer #lgbt

Arlen Feb 2022

show me my colour

i've lived so long
being told that i was pink
but i've come to realize
i've never seen that colour
within myself

#nonbinary #gender #identity #colour #color

Arlen Feb 2022

Cis-story

Will I always be the sidenote
In someone else's story
The enby kid pushed to the edges
Away from the glory

Will I always be a supporting role
In every tale that's told
Or will I ever get to be the one
With greater representation shown

#nonbinary #enby #representation

Arlen Feb 2022

Numb

Every single moment
Of every single day
Even when I'm happy
The madness won't stay away

For with every passing minute
I feel it all slip away
And instead of being sad
There's a numbness that stays

#numb #overwhelmed #life #sadness #sad