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"transitioning" poems
This isn't Rome I'm standing still because of statutes Stone grill: I a carved marble statue not a muscle dares, Near frozen by the fear, let it go I hear over shoulder: perfect pass if I get shot over a penalty Is it clear? my arms are arms? a load chopper; in his shades, do those aviators make me even darker? (if I studied aviation I could take off I can hover, I can…) Wait. he's moving closer, every hair strand an antenna, I can feel him, The smell of disdain on his glare, stained blood on his hands, another brother, my brother Guiltier with every pace so --  show your hands, foot mixed with concrete I take this order serious, my motions are motive and mistaken for resist, Wait. Is it his stare or am I ****** (Why did I decide to go my friends wouldn't believe this…) limitations to the thoughts; am I arrested or caught? I'm cold on the surface, Erode so slow is my sediment evidence, A blue god so I'm pacified, I'm hesitant, he calls and I say that I'm innocent, I'm witnessing the transitioning from eruption to ocean -- volcanic Blue Medusa, can you only sculpt destruction? (I'm not 3 dimensional, I'm real and I matter, I'm real and I matter) I'm real, But I shatter, Gravel if determined that I'm rude so I can't breath, Gravel if My license plate removed I don't leave, I don't speak, I don't flee, I'm not free, I believe, That this happen to my mothers, mother mothers' brother, Brother from another was granite and granted he's valuable but only in a home -- of course I'm quartz in the making A corpse still shaking Cause a wallet was mistaken Or I.D. was misplaced So, I'm on the rocks since the bar says that I'm a criminal, velvet rope divider marks my life and a vigil, a wake, or a hashtag, you choose, glass house, Cold Stone’s, rocky road, Medusa licks his finger tips same finger which petrified me in the first place, Reminded I'm in Rome as I'm standing there motionless a statue for display or a trophy for the kitchen, this art is not for sale there will be no shipping, With solidarity through our solidification, It won't matter if I look back, I Matter and I’m Black.
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Aug 20, 2016
Aug 20, 2016 at 10:56 AM UTC
Blue Medusa
This isn't Rome I'm standing still because of statutes Stone grill: I a carved marble statue not a muscle dares, Near frozen by the fear, let it go I hear over shoulder: perfect pass if I get shot over a penalty Is it clear? my arms are arms? a load chopper; in his shades, do those aviators make me even darker? (if I studied aviation I could take off I can hover, I can…) Wait. he's moving closer, every hair strand an antenna, I can feel him, The smell of disdain on his glare, stained blood on his hands, another brother, my brother Guiltier with every pace so --  show your hands, foot mixed with concrete I take this order serious, my motions are motive and mistaken for resist, Wait. Is it his stare or am I ****** (Why did I decide to go my friends wouldn't believe this…) limitations to the thoughts; am I arrested or caught? I'm cold on the surface, Erode so slow is my sediment evidence, A blue god so I'm pacified, I'm hesitant, he calls and I say that I'm innocent, I'm witnessing the transitioning from eruption to ocean -- volcanic Blue Medusa, can you only sculpt destruction? (I'm not 3 dimensional, I'm real and I matter, I'm real and I matter) I'm real, But I shatter, Gravel if determined that I'm rude so I can't breath, Gravel if My license plate removed I don't leave, I don't speak, I don't flee, I'm not free, I believe, That this happen to my mothers, mother mothers' brother, Brother from another was granite and granted he's valuable but only in a home -- of course I'm quartz in the making A corpse still shaking Cause a wallet was mistaken Or I.D. was misplaced So, I'm on the rocks since the bar says that I'm a criminal, velvet rope divider marks my life and a vigil, a wake, or a hashtag, you choose, glass house, Cold Stone’s, rocky road, Medusa licks his finger tips same finger which petrified me in the first place, Reminded I'm in Rome as I'm standing there motionless a statue for display or a trophy for the kitchen, this art is not for sale there will be no shipping, With solidarity through our solidification, It won't matter if I look back, I Matter and I’m Black.
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Listening To the ever so quite Transitioning Of ideas Slipping into blissful Ignorance And the echoing   Of this parasitic Interdependence And everything is Just another wavelength Stretching its existence To the edge of outer space
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Feb 8, 2015
Feb 8, 2015 at 4:19 PM UTC
Electromagnetic Spectrum
I tried sleeping it off, but I often found myself stuck in a dream transitioning to a nightmare. I tried not sleeping at all, but even the smallest occurences brought you to my eyes. I tried writing, but even the purest words were tainted by your memory. I tried loving again, but once a house collapses there is no room where there are no rooms. I tried everything I could think of to cure the ailment I once thought you were brought upon to expel. I tried everything until I finally tried everything. I truly am sorry I couldn't fight it any longer, but the days were too long, and the thoughts were too plenty. Please think not of it as my quitting, but as your winning. For this day forward, my beloved, I shall feel no pain. Goodnight to you for the last, My Last, and may your life be the sweetest dream I forever hoped for you.
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May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015 at 8:41 PM UTC
The Last Goodnight
Drift Noun A slow and gradual movement or change from one place, condition, etc. to another Drifting Verb The ********* feeling in the world It’s like, were still friends but we’re transitioning into acquaintances, maybe even strangers in the near future Daily conversations start to get rusty And every word said feels like so much effort Real talk, becomes small talk, and soon, maybe even no talk Maybe we’ve just exhausted the list of things to talk about And you know everything you wanted to know about me and I know everything I wanted to know about you Or maybe you’ve reached your word limit or something, I don’t really know But what most people don’t know about drifting is that Drifting can be a one sided process Like I’m here freaking out about our friendship and how we haven’t talked in days And you're just there, probably not even noticing that we haven’t had a single conversation If our friendship was a group work I’d be that person doing everything, trying to fix things, putting so much effort And you’re the one who seenzones the facebook group chat It’s like we were on boats and suddenly a current rips us apart and if you just pull me in your boat everything will be okay But no, the current is pulling me away from you and I am using all my strength to paddle back to you And you don’t even notice and you even find the time to take a swim Our friendship was a rubberband You were holding one end, I was holding the other, The rubberband stretched as the friendship grew, it got tighter and tighter and suddenly, you decided that rubber bands weren't cool so you let go and i got slapped in the face by our friendship It’s like wanting to chase you, but not wanting to chase you Because it can come off as clingy It’s like wanting to talk to you but I don’t because I don’t want to disturb you and that ***** cos you're the only one I want to talk to but I'm probably not the one you want to talk to so I just scratch the idea out of my head and think of another way to talk to the person I once had endless conversations with the hardest part in drifting is deciding what to do should I let go? Because they say that drifting is just a sign from God that you’ve learned everything you can from that person, right And if I do let you go and we’re meant to stay friends aren’t we eventually going to find our way back to each other? Or should I hold on, on this one-sided stretched rubberband of ours and try to fix something that might not even be broken in your eyes
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May 31, 2015
May 31, 2015 at 12:24 PM UTC
Drifting? (or just overthinking + an extreme case of missing you)
Drift Noun A slow and gradual movement or change from one place, condition, etc. to another Drifting Verb The ********* feeling in the world It’s like, were still friends but we’re transitioning into acquaintances, maybe even strangers in the near future Daily conversations start to get rusty And every word said feels like so much effort Real talk, becomes small talk, and soon, maybe even no talk Maybe we’ve just exhausted the list of things to talk about And you know everything you wanted to know about me and I know everything I wanted to know about you Or maybe you’ve reached your word limit or something, I don’t really know But what most people don’t know about drifting is that Drifting can be a one sided process Like I’m here freaking out about our friendship and how we haven’t talked in days And you're just there, probably not even noticing that we haven’t had a single conversation If our friendship was a group work I’d be that person doing everything, trying to fix things, putting so much effort And you’re the one who seenzones the facebook group chat It’s like we were on boats and suddenly a current rips us apart and if you just pull me in your boat everything will be okay But no, the current is pulling me away from you and I am using all my strength to paddle back to you And you don’t even notice and you even find the time to take a swim Our friendship was a rubberband You were holding one end, I was holding the other, The rubberband stretched as the friendship grew, it got tighter and tighter and suddenly, you decided that rubber bands weren't cool so you let go and i got slapped in the face by our friendship It’s like wanting to chase you, but not wanting to chase you Because it can come off as clingy It’s like wanting to talk to you but I don’t because I don’t want to disturb you and that ***** cos you're the only one I want to talk to but I'm probably not the one you want to talk to so I just scratch the idea out of my head and think of another way to talk to the person I once had endless conversations with the hardest part in drifting is deciding what to do should I let go? Because they say that drifting is just a sign from God that you’ve learned everything you can from that person, right And if I do let you go and we’re meant to stay friends aren’t we eventually going to find our way back to each other? Or should I hold on, on this one-sided stretched rubberband of ours and try to fix something that might not even be broken in your eyes
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I won't be the weak one, Although when I think and speak I may tweak some I'm just Searching for reasons To justify the swell. I will ride the undertow Sunken beneath bass lines  And blunt tails Intending to take it slow. But I get a little excited sometimes, you know. So when this undertow undoubtedly  Washes me ashore I'll be the imaginary statue  Erected in my honor Proudly saluting every fleeting Emotion that sailed Straight through my harbor. You see,  Harboring hatred is a trait I forfeited To make way for the minuscule moments and glimpses Of human existence penetrating Layers of jade and years Of conditioning and I am successfully Transitioning into persistently  Acknowledging the raindrops  As they hit the pavement and pop. You see some people feel the rain While others just get wet, A wise Rastafarian  Once famously said. And I think on it all Far too frequently for a quiet mind But I've never had one of those Not even after rolling papers Intertwine and smoke fills my eyes, Because I am accustomed  To a constant consciousness And I'd much rather this Than nothingness And thus I sit, contemplating  Consequence  Aspiring to avoid the guilt of  Seasons past, For I am past the point of Punishment and pain ghosts and I have plenty of pangs from all The echoes In my brain and in these Rattled apartment's stains It's not all in vain  Life grows these varicose Veins Colored-in, crawling across the Window panes  Of the chamber where my soul remained Through the bridge until the end of The refrain. I am in reign.  I rock the crown. I roll the dice when  I am down I try to think twice Before I frown I contemplate the value  Of the men that I allow To lay me down  Now, I am grown and I am proud Because I am humble And I'm not loud Any longer, I listen To the subtle sounds of Human respiration. I am the incarnation Of ancient incantations that Shake down the walls which Separate us all All the way to the ground. True power is found Where unity resounds.
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Oct 13, 2014
Oct 13, 2014 at 3:26 PM UTC
Babbling Stream of Consciousness
I won't be the weak one, Although when I think and speak I may tweak some I'm just Searching for reasons To justify the swell. I will ride the undertow Sunken beneath bass lines  And blunt tails Intending to take it slow. But I get a little excited sometimes, you know. So when this undertow undoubtedly  Washes me ashore I'll be the imaginary statue  Erected in my honor Proudly saluting every fleeting Emotion that sailed Straight through my harbor. You see,  Harboring hatred is a trait I forfeited To make way for the minuscule moments and glimpses Of human existence penetrating Layers of jade and years Of conditioning and I am successfully Transitioning into persistently  Acknowledging the raindrops  As they hit the pavement and pop. You see some people feel the rain While others just get wet, A wise Rastafarian  Once famously said. And I think on it all Far too frequently for a quiet mind But I've never had one of those Not even after rolling papers Intertwine and smoke fills my eyes, Because I am accustomed  To a constant consciousness And I'd much rather this Than nothingness And thus I sit, contemplating  Consequence  Aspiring to avoid the guilt of  Seasons past, For I am past the point of Punishment and pain ghosts and I have plenty of pangs from all The echoes In my brain and in these Rattled apartment's stains It's not all in vain  Life grows these varicose Veins Colored-in, crawling across the Window panes  Of the chamber where my soul remained Through the bridge until the end of The refrain. I am in reign.  I rock the crown. I roll the dice when  I am down I try to think twice Before I frown I contemplate the value  Of the men that I allow To lay me down  Now, I am grown and I am proud Because I am humble And I'm not loud Any longer, I listen To the subtle sounds of Human respiration. I am the incarnation Of ancient incantations that Shake down the walls which Separate us all All the way to the ground. True power is found Where unity resounds.
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I needed safe schools because my parents did not have the education to teach me what my feelings about myself were. I needed safe schools because I did not have the education to know about myself. I needed safe schools because I was educated that liking people of the same *** was a sin. I needed safe schools because I was taught that I was wrong to feel the way I felt about myself. I needed safe schools because my peers do not know how to talk respectfully to a trans person. I needed safe schools because I had no refuge from the judgement of others. I needed safe schools because I didn't know that transitioning was a possibility. I needed safe schools because I felt I had to suffer in silence, believing I was the only person who felt like I did. I needed safe schools because education is key to a functioning society. I needed safe schools because it is a chance to better the future.
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Mar 23, 2016
Mar 23, 2016 at 1:48 AM UTC
I needed safe schools.
The Annual POCU Fashion Show held by the campus organization “People of Color United,” was held in the Student Activities Center on Saturday, April 18. The fashion show is the final activity of the year held by POCU. Junior Martell Prayear and senior Miranda Jackson were the show’s hosts and announcers. The fashion show is a competition where various designers, or teams of designers, are required to create outfits that adhere to a general theme, but also incorporate the designer’s unique, personal concepts. This year, the general theme for the fashion show was: Thrift Shop. Each designer, or group of designers, was required to utilize clothes purchased from the local Goodwill and maintain a $50 budget. Preparations for the event, Jackson said, were very short. “I was really surprised how well it turned out, because we started practicing for the show at four o’clock that day,” Jackson said. “They typically start practicing way a head of time.” Despite the delayed preparation, the fashion show was an overall success. The first designer to present at the fashion show was Victoria Webster. Webster’s fashion line was inspired by professional work attire. “I think it can be hard transitioning college wear into professional wear, on a budget,” Webster said of her outfits. Webster was able to find three models to wear the clothes, which she said was a combination of the model’s personal items, as well as those purchased through Goodwill. The second fashion line presented at the fashion show was designed by Iyana Lynch. For her personal theme, Lynch designed outfits that were inspired by the different seasons. The third designer to present that evening was Alyssa Nieset. Inspired by 90’s menswear, Nieset designed a line of androgynous outfits. The final clothing line presented was a team effort from: Jeanita Blue and Angel Powell. Their theme was considered “90’s Reloaded,” and featured various throwbacks to 1990’s pop culture such as TLC and The Spice Girls. Blue said that most of the outfits in their fashion line were inspired by “eco-friendly fashion,” and were intended to decrease hesitation toward shopping at thrift stores. While the judges finalized the scores for each designer or team, the Urban Dance Association entertained the crowd with a quick performance. The judge’s scores resulted in a tie between Jeanita Blue & Angel Powell, and Iyana Lynch. Despite the general tie, Blue and Powell were awarded first place, while Lynch was granted second place. There was an off-campus reception held in Cleveland after the event. Read more here:www.marieaustralia.com/purple-formal-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/green-formal-dresses
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May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015 at 10:36 PM UTC
POCU Fashion Show Inspires BW to “Get Thrifty”
The Annual POCU Fashion Show held by the campus organization “People of Color United,” was held in the Student Activities Center on Saturday, April 18. The fashion show is the final activity of the year held by POCU. Junior Martell Prayear and senior Miranda Jackson were the show’s hosts and announcers. The fashion show is a competition where various designers, or teams of designers, are required to create outfits that adhere to a general theme, but also incorporate the designer’s unique, personal concepts. This year, the general theme for the fashion show was: Thrift Shop. Each designer, or group of designers, was required to utilize clothes purchased from the local Goodwill and maintain a $50 budget. Preparations for the event, Jackson said, were very short. “I was really surprised how well it turned out, because we started practicing for the show at four o’clock that day,” Jackson said. “They typically start practicing way a head of time.” Despite the delayed preparation, the fashion show was an overall success. The first designer to present at the fashion show was Victoria Webster. Webster’s fashion line was inspired by professional work attire. “I think it can be hard transitioning college wear into professional wear, on a budget,” Webster said of her outfits. Webster was able to find three models to wear the clothes, which she said was a combination of the model’s personal items, as well as those purchased through Goodwill. The second fashion line presented at the fashion show was designed by Iyana Lynch. For her personal theme, Lynch designed outfits that were inspired by the different seasons. The third designer to present that evening was Alyssa Nieset. Inspired by 90’s menswear, Nieset designed a line of androgynous outfits. The final clothing line presented was a team effort from: Jeanita Blue and Angel Powell. Their theme was considered “90’s Reloaded,” and featured various throwbacks to 1990’s pop culture such as TLC and The Spice Girls. Blue said that most of the outfits in their fashion line were inspired by “eco-friendly fashion,” and were intended to decrease hesitation toward shopping at thrift stores. While the judges finalized the scores for each designer or team, the Urban Dance Association entertained the crowd with a quick performance. The judge’s scores resulted in a tie between Jeanita Blue & Angel Powell, and Iyana Lynch. Despite the general tie, Blue and Powell were awarded first place, while Lynch was granted second place. There was an off-campus reception held in Cleveland after the event. Read more here:www.marieaustralia.com/purple-formal-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/green-formal-dresses
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Oh, {deadname}, You're my beautiful daughter. I know you're only lying. You'll never, ever be a boy No matter how long you keep trying. Give up on transitioning. Your mind has been poisoned. The media has consumed you- All the lies eating their way in. Finally, you are my precious baby girl. You're very smart, and you know that. Don't think you're a boy- you're not. You should put on your smiling mask Until you're not sick anymore, -Your loving mother
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May 3, 2021
May 3, 2021 at 10:19 AM UTC
A Letter
1.  the night is all the day wishes it could be; it's better for thinking, and loving, and dreaming. 2. each night i go out to look at the sky and admire the stars. 3. to see the stars, a certain amount of darkness is required. 4. all the darkness in the world can't ***** out the light from a single candle. 5. i overthink impossible amounts of scenarios, as many as the infinite stars spanning the sky. 6. you are the last thing on my mind as i fall asleep. 7. you are all i ever dream about. 8. you are the first thing on my mind when i wake. 9. you don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or their talent. 10. you love them because they sing a song that only you can hear, a song that resonates and harmonizes with your soul. 11. music is a language, just like english or spanish, that's why it's difficult for some people to learn and understand. 12. the sky transitioning from cool blue to warm orange-pinks to freckled black gives off a 5-1 cadence feel. 13. the moon shines brightest when there is no one there to see. 14. the sun may watch me during the day, but it's the moon who knows all my secrets and desires. 15. like the stars, gentle and beautiful, you are exactly like them: i couldn’t be with you, only admire you.
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Jan 16, 2021
Jan 16, 2021 at 9:21 PM UTC
some truths
Cardinal sun rose blooming as the budding flower. Buddha chants in the chimes of birds ethereal caught in gradual hot wind, Darjeeling tea steam rises on tabletop my mind is waking over Indonesian morning. Foreign babel as hours draw even cacophony of hurricane horns the Denpasar traffic drumming chorus midst markets where radio emitting Li Zengguang dizi dizzily prancing into the assortments of spice and coiling fabrics patterns potent azure and golden royalty brass clatter caged noise boiling *** cries the Orient! Overgrowth spots the charring temples in majesty and abundance cradling the narrow Balinese streets while tropic palm and orchid spring swells the soils. Ardent sun sheaths eastern archipelagos, religious offerings canvas sidewalks incense burning in overwhelming bouquets of efflorescence smelling daedal tapestries within the paradise. Sun goes on setting the jewel easing underneath the horizon, butterflies sway in rest hearts on fire the ceremonies have finished. Thunder shrieks against the sea torrential rain firing on villa ceilings. My eyes set to sleep consciousness transitioning between two dreams.
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Mar 19, 2015
Mar 19, 2015 at 8:48 PM UTC
Halycon
Thoughts race in this jagged mind of mine head spinning and mind collapsing what am I? Am I a man or a woman? Born male yet I don't identify I dress up as a female yet I don't identify torn between these two structures that classify the human gender yet I don't identify It's killing me to realize Maybe I'm both maybe I'm not neither so much to figure out so much to process the thoughts keep racing beginning to spiral out of control Pronouns he, him and his never really fit the pronouns she, her and hers only left scars at first I thought of transitioning to clear out my head but now it's like a stab wound festering upon my soul am I a man or am I a woman they both seem so permanent and yet seem doable so maybe I a both but that's my choice to find I like being called he yet I like being called she I like being called they so maybe I'm both and neither in a whole so call me crazy say that I'm broken say that I'm not right in my head but at least I have the courage to be me
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Dec 10, 2020
Dec 10, 2020 at 10:49 AM UTC
Thoughts of a Gender Fluid
I am wrapped in a firm squeeze. This cocoon is tight! (so tight) I fight to find comfortability. (Restless) in this nest. This Transitioning is hurting me! (tears) Questioning the worth of these wings, can I sustain this agony? If I stop fighting, will this squeeze be lighten? (maybe) waiting... waiting... waiting Patiently, Until, this cocoon cracks and exposes my wings. ~ButterFly εїз 2013©
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Mar 2, 2014
Mar 2, 2014 at 11:46 AM UTC
Cocoon~
Seeing me anxious more than a lot, The old witch relented a little, She let me breathe freely, Back transformed into her daughter, She touched my forehead, Then I realized it was sweaty, Seeing her lovely care I smiled a bit. So she now lit up a fragrant incense, The incense seemed so soothing, She then edged closer to me, Transcendental wings were visible, She came even closer to me, Then the wings simply vanished, So traceless as if never been there. It must have been another illusion, The very day I had set sail to sea, It was probably carrying over, Troubling me each non and then, In my wild dreams I had seen, True she could not be & was not, In my life the torment was written. Soon I was pleading to her teary-eyed, "Please don't torment me, it hurts!" She looked at me with affection, And said, "But I truly love you, sailor," She advanced forwards further, ***"Have you forgotten all those nights? Did you even forget the night at sea?"*** I first remembered that night at sea, The night back at home came next, I had been seduced by her magic, This was the real picture every time, I was weak but I still felt warmer, The night ship feels like yesterday, I was in confusion about what to do. Her face was transitioning rapidly, The old mother to her daughter, Her daughter to that very angel, And back to the old mother witch, Her smile turned into laughter, The witch laughing at my cries, Her face here was contorted a lot. She seemed to be struggling a lot, As though fight ensued within, Soon I figured it out by myself, First I must **** the witch to help, So I looked around & grabbed, Axe that I did spot lying there, Spot on I killed the witch right then.
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May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015 at 4:32 AM UTC
Angel Forever?
Seeing me anxious more than a lot, The old witch relented a little, She let me breathe freely, Back transformed into her daughter, She touched my forehead, Then I realized it was sweaty, Seeing her lovely care I smiled a bit. So she now lit up a fragrant incense, The incense seemed so soothing, She then edged closer to me, Transcendental wings were visible, She came even closer to me, Then the wings simply vanished, So traceless as if never been there. It must have been another illusion, The very day I had set sail to sea, It was probably carrying over, Troubling me each non and then, In my wild dreams I had seen, True she could not be & was not, In my life the torment was written. Soon I was pleading to her teary-eyed, "Please don't torment me, it hurts!" She looked at me with affection, And said, "But I truly love you, sailor," She advanced forwards further, ***"Have you forgotten all those nights? Did you even forget the night at sea?"*** I first remembered that night at sea, The night back at home came next, I had been seduced by her magic, This was the real picture every time, I was weak but I still felt warmer, The night ship feels like yesterday, I was in confusion about what to do. Her face was transitioning rapidly, The old mother to her daughter, Her daughter to that very angel, And back to the old mother witch, Her smile turned into laughter, The witch laughing at my cries, Her face here was contorted a lot. She seemed to be struggling a lot, As though fight ensued within, Soon I figured it out by myself, First I must **** the witch to help, So I looked around & grabbed, Axe that I did spot lying there, Spot on I killed the witch right then.
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Lakes and oceans and blue seas All alike your body waves Transitioning every second Holding whales by your knees Mountains and cliffs and hills Ginormous how your body weighs Descending every second Shaking hot lava off for thrills Galaxies and planets and stars Cuddling your minute existence Plummeting every second Making forever feel like daunting hours Us and me and you Destroying nothing and everything Perceptive every second In constant debt to our bodies that's due
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Mar 22, 2017
Mar 22, 2017 at 3:15 AM UTC
Out of body experience
I think she lost a part of herself, picking up the pieces. And that's okay; the universe works because something is given for something to be gained. Her parents were red-blooded Americans; they drank confirmation- bias and the minimization of minorities. They would make her problems as small as the countries, they couldn't find on a map, but could find in their hearts to demonize. Oh yes, the demons: what used to afflict her and corrupt her pure heart. To them, she wasn't a teenager -- a child -- stressed from carrying a family, featuring a mother with a brain tumor; guest starring 'I-stunt-your-growth-with-Jesus' as the understudy for mental health awareness. No, she wasn't a child; she was a burden because she cut herself, because her legs grew too thin; as thin as the crucifixes around the proud, turning necks, holding dismissive heads of 'Why-would- you-want-to-be-dead' Christians and 'I-don't-understand-what-isn't- in-the-Bible' fat, white relatives. To make things short as her life could have been: she dipped in and out of drugs, featuring ****** and pills that would dip in and out of her body, like a fool's gold life jacket, soaking in the waves of her pale, transitioning to adulthood, twenty year-old waters. She saved herself, and they thanked God and the boy and mostly everyone else but her. And the little brother sat, sinking in a seat softer than his deep-seated hateful beliefs. But, the truth is that she saved not only herself, but also the handsome, white, tall, smart, talented image of 'Holy-shit-what-a-tall- drink-of-privilege.' A tall drink who cared for her more than the country cared about being right; who loved her more than the parents of the degenerates living in some unknown collection of poems about the disenfranchised and American angst. She was a protest, very wondrous; a halting of the longest dark, a breath of fog floating towards a lonely, very deep pond. And she was only beginning. And it was all very exciting.
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May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017 at 9:56 PM UTC
25. American Girl; Degenerates
I think she lost a part of herself, picking up the pieces. And that's okay; the universe works because something is given for something to be gained. Her parents were red-blooded Americans; they drank confirmation- bias and the minimization of minorities. They would make her problems as small as the countries, they couldn't find on a map, but could find in their hearts to demonize. Oh yes, the demons: what used to afflict her and corrupt her pure heart. To them, she wasn't a teenager -- a child -- stressed from carrying a family, featuring a mother with a brain tumor; guest starring 'I-stunt-your-growth-with-Jesus' as the understudy for mental health awareness. No, she wasn't a child; she was a burden because she cut herself, because her legs grew too thin; as thin as the crucifixes around the proud, turning necks, holding dismissive heads of 'Why-would- you-want-to-be-dead' Christians and 'I-don't-understand-what-isn't- in-the-Bible' fat, white relatives. To make things short as her life could have been: she dipped in and out of drugs, featuring ****** and pills that would dip in and out of her body, like a fool's gold life jacket, soaking in the waves of her pale, transitioning to adulthood, twenty year-old waters. She saved herself, and they thanked God and the boy and mostly everyone else but her. And the little brother sat, sinking in a seat softer than his deep-seated hateful beliefs. But, the truth is that she saved not only herself, but also the handsome, white, tall, smart, talented image of 'Holy-shit-what-a-tall- drink-of-privilege.' A tall drink who cared for her more than the country cared about being right; who loved her more than the parents of the degenerates living in some unknown collection of poems about the disenfranchised and American angst. She was a protest, very wondrous; a halting of the longest dark, a breath of fog floating towards a lonely, very deep pond. And she was only beginning. And it was all very exciting.
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I'm trying not to get overly excited I'm on just this side of freak I've finally gotten the call I've been waiting for The one that for years has eluded me There aren't to many farmers out there That take as much pride in what they grow That's why Chef Boyardee selected me To join their team on SpaghettiO's I've been raising spaghetti for years Spaghetti straight and long and lean So I really see no problem In SpaghettiO transitioning From the natural growth of spaghetti To the famed shape of the SpaghettiO I just need to learn the secret Of how to roll the perfect hole As day one arrives in all it's glory I head out into the fields Stopping during the day only long enough For a delicious Italian canned meal Where I enjoy only the finest ingredients Straight from the heart of this multicolored can From the sweet little O's to the...What color is this sauce?!  "Orange?!"  "Red?!" And isn't the taste a bit overly bland... Oh well... When the day of harvest arrives I bring in the Italians cause everyone knows For generations they have perfected The delicate picking of SpaghettiO's Who ever thought the growing of spaghetti Would bring this farmer so much fame I just received a call from a little known farming cult Who'd like me to try my hand at the growing of Spam After my successful go at SpaghettiO's I'm pretty sure I'm just the man who can
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Dec 21, 2013
Dec 21, 2013 at 8:15 AM UTC
SpaghettiO Farming
Walls were pressed and hammered Therapy for workers, curing pangs of comforts They sat between fleshy webs of knuckles On lunch break they would pluck pouts of moldy fruit If only she could hear summer of 98’ Glimmering puddles and sinkable reasons She could test her strength with Goldfish and a drippy, chocolate cupcake Matching deserts of skin covering joints young enough to bend They spat against another, sweating. Tapping Smoother than honeymooners in a convention center Frigid or uncontrollable, no one could tell The breezeway connected teeth, the left chipped in the corner from A muddy softball game. Their team won 7-2. Wide enough to squeeze uncooked macaroni shells between Became the dusky neighborhood game. Transitioning humans, males most likely, whispered fears between that gap. He was different. He waited in outside the doors, near the trash bins With grumpy janitors, muttering, “fuggin’ kids” and things like that. She loved how ugly they were then. Her thoughts trailed him, what was left of him, as he paced Searching for the mug he left there, no There, holding wet tissue, no Soggy cupcake liner Cupcake, shortcake, cake, cake liner Rainbow or musty brown from 346 degrees Fahrenheit Baking Therapy Class held in her kitchen Maybe because she could pound at the dough and it would never fight back She neglects the finale of rumbling coffee exhale since she knows He’d never come back. Not here or any party she threw. But on another hard drive she saved photos of September 20th. She’ll flip mindlessly through a Cosmopolitan, until she can forget his name
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Feb 15, 2015
Feb 15, 2015 at 2:01 PM UTC
What’s-His-Name
Walls were pressed and hammered Therapy for workers, curing pangs of comforts They sat between fleshy webs of knuckles On lunch break they would pluck pouts of moldy fruit If only she could hear summer of 98’ Glimmering puddles and sinkable reasons She could test her strength with Goldfish and a drippy, chocolate cupcake Matching deserts of skin covering joints young enough to bend They spat against another, sweating. Tapping Smoother than honeymooners in a convention center Frigid or uncontrollable, no one could tell The breezeway connected teeth, the left chipped in the corner from A muddy softball game. Their team won 7-2. Wide enough to squeeze uncooked macaroni shells between Became the dusky neighborhood game. Transitioning humans, males most likely, whispered fears between that gap. He was different. He waited in outside the doors, near the trash bins With grumpy janitors, muttering, “fuggin’ kids” and things like that. She loved how ugly they were then. Her thoughts trailed him, what was left of him, as he paced Searching for the mug he left there, no There, holding wet tissue, no Soggy cupcake liner Cupcake, shortcake, cake, cake liner Rainbow or musty brown from 346 degrees Fahrenheit Baking Therapy Class held in her kitchen Maybe because she could pound at the dough and it would never fight back She neglects the finale of rumbling coffee exhale since she knows He’d never come back. Not here or any party she threw. But on another hard drive she saved photos of September 20th. She’ll flip mindlessly through a Cosmopolitan, until she can forget his name
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first, a raccoon wrapped within its own intestine. the asphalt is its grave; i swerve to miss it. we shared the same air, maybe even a common ancestor. someone moved too fast to care. its the ones with fast cars and slow minds pretty faces and ugly intent artificial kindness but genuine hate i'm not your friend just a similar sense of self it is fat priests playing golf lottery ticket paradises restaurants embellished mechanized slaughter fake laughter and even faker love shopping mall environmentalists lexus-driving christians paychecks, TV, lawn mowing sundays drink yourself to death please. the least among us in control deprived of the mind the stench of their egos and their hypocrisy the gasoline, the cash, and the forced smiles as i write people die children die i'm like many the fool who knows but does nothing the one who doesn't know that's the good person the moral person. second, a rant, a ****** off rage the days are stale, self-actualize, the Earth remains the same dry and motionless middle-class frustration, planetary confusion, the ***** of the Earth, capsized like dying branches in a wal-mart state of mind, stupid slobs, rodent minded social egoists over-organized, clean freak object fetishists the evolutionary dollar sign they bay at the moon, it's made of cheesecake phase transitioning, you blood clot, Earthly blood clot, you don't know art now there's ancient blood on my hands smokeless, plantless, Earthless blood detached from Gaian consciousness stain on the mind confused, clogged pathways, clogged with self-righteous mind flood piles of ***** tissue, waning and waxing force feed me your ******** please because i have no idea how to answer in this cultural blood bath it is the end of time the end of mind. :aaphi
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Sep 16, 2013
Sep 16, 2013 at 7:01 PM UTC
words from an optimist
first, a raccoon wrapped within its own intestine. the asphalt is its grave; i swerve to miss it. we shared the same air, maybe even a common ancestor. someone moved too fast to care. its the ones with fast cars and slow minds pretty faces and ugly intent artificial kindness but genuine hate i'm not your friend just a similar sense of self it is fat priests playing golf lottery ticket paradises restaurants embellished mechanized slaughter fake laughter and even faker love shopping mall environmentalists lexus-driving christians paychecks, TV, lawn mowing sundays drink yourself to death please. the least among us in control deprived of the mind the stench of their egos and their hypocrisy the gasoline, the cash, and the forced smiles as i write people die children die i'm like many the fool who knows but does nothing the one who doesn't know that's the good person the moral person. second, a rant, a ****** off rage the days are stale, self-actualize, the Earth remains the same dry and motionless middle-class frustration, planetary confusion, the ***** of the Earth, capsized like dying branches in a wal-mart state of mind, stupid slobs, rodent minded social egoists over-organized, clean freak object fetishists the evolutionary dollar sign they bay at the moon, it's made of cheesecake phase transitioning, you blood clot, Earthly blood clot, you don't know art now there's ancient blood on my hands smokeless, plantless, Earthless blood detached from Gaian consciousness stain on the mind confused, clogged pathways, clogged with self-righteous mind flood piles of ***** tissue, waning and waxing force feed me your ******** please because i have no idea how to answer in this cultural blood bath it is the end of time the end of mind. :aaphi
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We have touched so much since December, steeping teas torrid and arctic ice cubes a thousand fibers, prince bee his princess generous blankets papering flu the drizzle on wedding dawns or departure’s eve pieces of candy for holiday celebrations even the ending of a movie – these are wild fingers that we have rebellious, juveniles in mind singing summer stories through knuckles bodies long slenderized and they are more than myself to them, I have no name but my brain and I are their mother a well-mannered woman in command I feed them lotion, then play in the sand apathetic whistles papercuts that sting with mouths as lions tigers bears sharks leaves asking which hurts most significantly of all we have loved – and then again, what enduring does not belong? The adolescents scoff at each of their five circadian baths, and I hear cries for showers because soap makes them crack but it is in your best interest, I say; you touch everything that gets in your way to move is beauty and transitioning more so: my hands are dancers, pirouetting on stage to fall harmoniously with bashes, revelations, words I care to mean yes, these are what causes the bleed of my aging hands, and throughout their years, rings dying them green.
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Oct 30, 2012
Oct 30, 2012 at 4:56 PM UTC
wild fingers
1  It's the strangest phase of your life EVER. 2. You're sort of transitioning into an adult but you're still very much a child at heart. 3. You start to take up multiple responsibilities - at school, at home, maybe a part-time job. And sometimes it can be overwhelming for you. 4. Pursuing an education takes a whole lot of work, no matter what type of course you take. 5. It’s also a privilege for many, so be thankful for that.   6. People can be a handful. Some are literal pieces of **** So know your battles; know when to engage and disengage. 7. Friends worth keeping are the ones who let you grow and flourish without having to be there 24/7. 8. Show kindness, no matter the circumstance. (Because kindness always wins!) 9. It's better to just stop thinking of what others think of you. 10. And gosh, stop judging yourself too hard. 11. Overthinking does **** Take that leap of faith once in a while, you'll be fine. 12. You're already amazing, as is. 13. Sometimes the ones you love most are the ones who hurt you most. 14. Sometimes the ones you love most are the ones you hurt most. 15. You will fall. And you will fail. Over and over and over again. 16. And jatuh ha gedebuk gedebang tergolek terlantang into the furthest, deepest pit of the hole. 17. But somehow you’ll find yourself back up again. And somewhere along the way you realise it wasn’t that bad of a fall. 18. Then you realise there are so many things to be grateful for, Alhamdulillah. (and that you were just being a big *** whiny drama queen, exaggerating every little, minuscule thing all along) 19. Also, it’s okay to be sad, miserable and feel so alone once in a while. And boy oh boy you WILL cry like you’ve never cried before. 20. But that doesn’t make you a baby. It makes you stronger. Feelings and emotions are important and they do matter. You matter. 21. Despite it all, you’ll always have God. And that is the best part.
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Dec 31, 2018
Dec 31, 2018 at 7:47 AM UTC
21 things being 21 taught me:
1  It's the strangest phase of your life EVER. 2. You're sort of transitioning into an adult but you're still very much a child at heart. 3. You start to take up multiple responsibilities - at school, at home, maybe a part-time job. And sometimes it can be overwhelming for you. 4. Pursuing an education takes a whole lot of work, no matter what type of course you take. 5. It’s also a privilege for many, so be thankful for that.   6. People can be a handful. Some are literal pieces of **** So know your battles; know when to engage and disengage. 7. Friends worth keeping are the ones who let you grow and flourish without having to be there 24/7. 8. Show kindness, no matter the circumstance. (Because kindness always wins!) 9. It's better to just stop thinking of what others think of you. 10. And gosh, stop judging yourself too hard. 11. Overthinking does **** Take that leap of faith once in a while, you'll be fine. 12. You're already amazing, as is. 13. Sometimes the ones you love most are the ones who hurt you most. 14. Sometimes the ones you love most are the ones you hurt most. 15. You will fall. And you will fail. Over and over and over again. 16. And jatuh ha gedebuk gedebang tergolek terlantang into the furthest, deepest pit of the hole. 17. But somehow you’ll find yourself back up again. And somewhere along the way you realise it wasn’t that bad of a fall. 18. Then you realise there are so many things to be grateful for, Alhamdulillah. (and that you were just being a big *** whiny drama queen, exaggerating every little, minuscule thing all along) 19. Also, it’s okay to be sad, miserable and feel so alone once in a while. And boy oh boy you WILL cry like you’ve never cried before. 20. But that doesn’t make you a baby. It makes you stronger. Feelings and emotions are important and they do matter. You matter. 21. Despite it all, you’ll always have God. And that is the best part.
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The magic within a single sunset The symbolism imbibed Of a past well completed Transitioning peacefully, gracefully, beautifully Into the excitement, curiosity and allure Of the future and the night.
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Sep 4, 2013
Sep 4, 2013 at 1:51 PM UTC
Sunset
Heed not what you perceive Enthroned inside a hopeless dream You won't see tomorrow Oh the throes of woe that follow Order and fear con- tinual indoctrination conditioning the masses minds exposed to so- cietal disease and fiction, damnation Order through fear per- petual misinformation Transitioning to madness Minds explode to de- monical seeds of destruction The eye emblazoned With a sonic boom Fate spins her loom Mushroom clouds in full bloom They fill the room Wrought with endless gloom Spell a certain doom Now they're entombed All reduced to statues No ones excused Global destruction Patience, save it, face it You're under watch Forbearance, inherent Ignorance apparent through our existence Fighting til my death Masses rising, the Angels sing-Angels sing Fighting til my death Senses fading (I'm done) Angels sing-Angels sing Descending into the mind of Chaos- The semblance fades Triumphant, turn the tables Now wake up Arch-angels blare your trumpets The end is nigh Ride pale horse, take me to the edge of celestial shores unknown Ascending light Ride pale horse, take me to the edge of celestial shores unknown
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Mar 16, 2015
Mar 16, 2015 at 4:40 AM UTC
Ascending Light
I engage in transness but with no emphasis on transition I am not one to the other I am on a continuum that can't be defined to male or female if I opened up on what parts define me you'd be in for a while my transness is not fixed my transness is evergrowing and bountiful it doesn't stop at male or female I've passed what it means to be trans I've ran the marathon and won at the finish line transness has it's own path not what cisgender people decide I live in a revelation of social control by what's under inclusivity the performance of transitioning is over I engage in transness and I exist with no finish line
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Nov 9, 2021
Nov 9, 2021 at 1:11 AM UTC
gender performativity
Two burns, left wrist Two more burns, left hand Two fading slits, left ankle Easier to deal with, to understand These six scars... They are the only ones that I have Well, the only ones in your eyes The only ones that were deliberate Deliberate necessities There is one on the right side Of my nose too But it was accidental Nothing more than a childish Slip of the foot "Sorry, it was just a slip of the tongue" I need you I need more Two more, in precision (a double incision) One on the right And one on the left "No cesarean for me, thanks" No life coming out of this body No matter how beautiful I could have made you I would have kept you safe I promise I won't let them hurt you They'll understand **They have to They have to They have to** But that's what I thought before And yet they still don't Not today, not quite yet But they have to And I've been thinking And drinking And smoking And toking And I do not know How far I will go So cut me open Take what I don't want Because I do not want this Remove my heart You may as well While you're in there It's been aching so badly lately And this is all that I want right now They will let me do it **They have to They have to They have to** They will... Won't they? You can not see teardrops Amongst raindrops Can not distinguish between The peaceful and the pained And I fall, I fall hard I crash and you feel me, you do But rain is a friend Rain is something that I can trust Something that I can relate to, rely on *Too quiet to be seen as thunder Too dull to be seen as lightning Too transparent to be seen at all From a distance...* You get used to rain after a while We are known for our weather (Rain rain go away) Let the sun shine So that I can become a rainbow Cut me open and pull out my heart Offer it to that planet's glorious rays Look up at me Not down on me And tell me that I am beautiful Tell me that I mean something To you That I mean anything Because I am not mean I mean **I love you I love you I love you** I try far too hard You think that I don't try at all But it's ******* hard It's SO ******* hard And I am trying my best And I am transgender I am the she / he / whatever The it I do not deserve you But do I really deserve this? I know that these are not raindrops I can taste the salt, slowly rolling And rolling down And down my face My tear-stained face Please tell me that I am worthy Please let me do this Please, please, let me do this... You have to YOU HAVE TO *I'm not alright I'm not okay I'm not alright I'm not okay* Save me Fish me out of the ditch Ditch me halfway through My transition LET ME TRANSITION **You have to You have to You have to** It hurts It hurts so bad, oh God And I'm not getting anything in return So let me pain myself Until I can breathe again With a smile on my face A smile that will not run in the rain I am running through the rain Running away from myself I am falling, as rain falls on me And I am crying *I'm not alright I'm not okay* So let me do this You have to.. You have.. You.. You will... Won't you..? Because I'm not alright And I'm not okay I am transparent, I am transitioning I am transgender Whether you like it Or not.
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May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015 at 6:52 PM UTC
Scars
Two burns, left wrist Two more burns, left hand Two fading slits, left ankle Easier to deal with, to understand These six scars... They are the only ones that I have Well, the only ones in your eyes The only ones that were deliberate Deliberate necessities There is one on the right side Of my nose too But it was accidental Nothing more than a childish Slip of the foot "Sorry, it was just a slip of the tongue" I need you I need more Two more, in precision (a double incision) One on the right And one on the left "No cesarean for me, thanks" No life coming out of this body No matter how beautiful I could have made you I would have kept you safe I promise I won't let them hurt you They'll understand **They have to They have to They have to** But that's what I thought before And yet they still don't Not today, not quite yet But they have to And I've been thinking And drinking And smoking And toking And I do not know How far I will go So cut me open Take what I don't want Because I do not want this Remove my heart You may as well While you're in there It's been aching so badly lately And this is all that I want right now They will let me do it **They have to They have to They have to** They will... Won't they? You can not see teardrops Amongst raindrops Can not distinguish between The peaceful and the pained And I fall, I fall hard I crash and you feel me, you do But rain is a friend Rain is something that I can trust Something that I can relate to, rely on *Too quiet to be seen as thunder Too dull to be seen as lightning Too transparent to be seen at all From a distance...* You get used to rain after a while We are known for our weather (Rain rain go away) Let the sun shine So that I can become a rainbow Cut me open and pull out my heart Offer it to that planet's glorious rays Look up at me Not down on me And tell me that I am beautiful Tell me that I mean something To you That I mean anything Because I am not mean I mean **I love you I love you I love you** I try far too hard You think that I don't try at all But it's ******* hard It's SO ******* hard And I am trying my best And I am transgender I am the she / he / whatever The it I do not deserve you But do I really deserve this? I know that these are not raindrops I can taste the salt, slowly rolling And rolling down And down my face My tear-stained face Please tell me that I am worthy Please let me do this Please, please, let me do this... You have to YOU HAVE TO *I'm not alright I'm not okay I'm not alright I'm not okay* Save me Fish me out of the ditch Ditch me halfway through My transition LET ME TRANSITION **You have to You have to You have to** It hurts It hurts so bad, oh God And I'm not getting anything in return So let me pain myself Until I can breathe again With a smile on my face A smile that will not run in the rain I am running through the rain Running away from myself I am falling, as rain falls on me And I am crying *I'm not alright I'm not okay* So let me do this You have to.. You have.. You.. You will... Won't you..? Because I'm not alright And I'm not okay I am transparent, I am transitioning I am transgender Whether you like it Or not.
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