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
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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 … Weiterlesen On being mixed race
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, … Weiterlesen Search/connect?
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 … Weiterlesen Deadline
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
Time
Time with youalwayspasses too fastBut every minutewith youseems worth moreThan a daywithout You
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 … Weiterlesen I’m not your Fetish.
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 … Weiterlesen Looking back at 2021: sweet & salty caramel
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 … Weiterlesen Hakafot
