a few voicesas I walk home during the nighthey faggot your ass must hurtI walk fasternot wanting to know what is nextjust drunk voicessurely they be sneering as I walk away There at the bbqthunder comes rolling closerscaring my friend in their home- I'm here, I won't leave- you're funny, butwhen the thunder draws closeI'll … 3 stanzas weiterlesen
Autor: Ari Yasmin Lee
Train ride
Beats all around meand like from down belowNorthern voicesanswering the callmy greasy fingersstuff my faceas the heatreverberates from the ground All passengers get off the trainI open my eyesfor a momentI was dancing
Prayers
All of us pray, but in a different wayon our knees or on our feetwith our head bowed or the faces turned to heavenSome wrapped in prayer shawlswith beads between their fingersothers with rawhide rattlesand the drumbeat in their heartsSome go to splendid temples all across the globeothers in the quiet woodor in the desert … Prayers weiterlesen
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month, observed each April, is a campaign that aims to increase awareness about the causes and risk factors for sexual assault and empower individuals to take steps to prevent it in their communities. Sexual harassment, assault and violence are ever present nowadays - if only it was only in TV series! But … Sexual Assault Awareness Month weiterlesen
Une merveille
Mon corps est une merveille. C'est une pensée qui m'a traversé l'esprit ce matin. Ce n'est sûrement pas pour me vanter. C'est quelque chose que je n'aurais pas pu dire avant. J'ai passé ma vie à être en guerre avec mon corps pour toutes sortes de raisons, être trans en est seulement une partie. En … Une merveille weiterlesen
Just another day
it's the 6th round todaytears running from a red eye bulgingfalling outwards from the socketimploding under the impactof an iron bar across my skullincandescent heatand cold iceat the same time poundingstabbingtearingconstantpainunilaterallysplitting me into halfstopping all thoughtscluster Yet afterwards stillthe feelingof a bulletlingeringin the backof your headhaving left a holein the frontallobe
On being mixed race
Is there a countryfor those of us who are mixed race?or maybe even a continent, a whole planet?The country I grew up indid not want meall the words I heardBlack, Carribean, Jewish, Indigenous,North African, white Too black, too this, too thatN-word flying,together with insults,fists, leather belts and sticksa bloodied nose and bruisesat the end of … On being mixed race weiterlesen
Search/connect?
I've been doing quite a bit of thinking after seeing, reading and listening to the posts of various indigenous content creators whom I respect a great deal. I am an individual whose identity is comprised of so many parts -some of which are being intersex, trans and autistic-, and the search for my identity, roots, … Search/connect? weiterlesen
Deadline
I have readthat there should be a time limiton reconnectiona deadlineto finding outon who you are That you shouldn't mentionthose you are not sure ofSo I'm taking downI'm still multitribalbut I'm only leaving upthose that I know for sureand carry the others in my heartthose that might-be I comprehendthere are those who take awaymaking money … Deadline weiterlesen
Fresh waters
Sometimes searching for the ancestorsfeels like swimming upstream and then I remembermy friend from Hawaii who told methat I swim like a sharklike, water, that's your element So I take the plunge into the oceanand go with the flowborn againfrom the waters of Atabey's womb
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