Time with youalwayspasses too fastBut every minutewith youseems worth moreThan a daywithout You
Autor: Ari Yasmin Lee
I’m not your Fetish.
I am unapologetically Tsalagi and Taino.I am Indigenous.I am Black.I am Jewish, too. I am Intersex.I am ftm.I am Asegi. I am a lot of things, and can be a lot of things.But I am nobody's fetish and refuse to be fetishized - be it for my race, skin color, for being trans or intersex … I’m not your Fetish. weiterlesen
Looking back at 2021: sweet & salty caramel
2021 has been a mixed bag of sorts in many ways. I'll call it a sweet and salty caramel. I'm not the hugest fan of caramel in general, but if they're homemade, they can catch my attention. 2021 has had its share of heartbreak and hard moments, but all in all, I'd say that even … Looking back at 2021: sweet & salty caramel weiterlesen
Pause.
When inclusioninclusivityintersectionalitybecomenothing morethan catchphrases to hell with themfakenessalready fills the world a breatheris what we need
Hakafot
I am awakeningto the need to come homethe stringent pullthat yells straight to my face fridays and saturdaysi do hakafotlike nanachsi sing and dancefilled with joy and tearsdrunk with feeling and tremblingi open the scrolls on sundaysi set my feetupon the stomp groundhearing my heart beatto the rhythmthat has always been mineguiding my feet and … Hakafot weiterlesen
Trans Day of Remembrance 2021
Transgender Day Of Remembrance 2021 -375 trans* people were murdered during the last year. Many more were hurt and violated, and so many more can't be themselves for reasons of safety and transphobia. But those are so much more than just numbers. Each is an individual, a human being, a story has had just begun … Trans Day of Remembrance 2021 weiterlesen
Sovereign
My body is mine – SovereignSovereign as Mother Earth But my body has been colonizedby strange ideasof what isand should be and how and whatand could and can and shouldand what and may and not Like a coyote after the rainI shake my furshaking them outthey don't belong to me I am my own expertand … Sovereign weiterlesen
The other End of the Night
Would you follow me-but you can't-as I go sweat as I go quest for another visionthough nothing is grantedbut the hot desert heat I am a dreamerdreaming up songsand wordsand chantsand prayerstravelling troughout the night At the other end of the nightlies healingjust like the pollenin the heart of the corn blossomwith the right chantand … The other End of the Night weiterlesen
Native American Jew
I come from thosewho survived I am here because of their resiliencetheir couragetheir intelligencedeep commitment to what is just I come from thosewho survived No genocidecould silencetheir voicestheir livestheir strengththeir loveendtheir lineages I come from thosewho survived Institutional genocideboarding schoolsrapeslaverywarsconcentration campsattempts to eradicate our cultures I come from thosewho survived Walking with dignityand strengthin beauty … Native American Jew weiterlesen
Tremble
Tremble your handsand extend themunder a fine layer of pollenlisten to the five-fingered onesthe Gila monsterthe sandand the turquoise Find what was lost over timeAcquire the knowledge and understandingto understand your sensesto guide you to havea pleasant journeyyou - and all the Peoplefor the People
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