Poetry

 

Melissa

"How does it feel to be so controversial?

I can’t decide if I would love being the center of attention

Or hate that it's because they want me burned."

FYP

Content warning: Eating Disorders, Sexism, Homophobia

"Bag tour: 2023 edition!

And a bedazzled taser."

Think Of The Butterflies

"Would butterflies be treated the same

if they ate dead skin?"

February

Content warning: Death, Paranoia

"Pattern recognition usually comes easy to me, it does today too.

In my bedroom my body becomes less a body and more a jewelry box."

Pallbearer

"Academia has no answers

Yet my coffin is still empty."

It

"(...)Knowing

but refuse to look at you?"

The Blade

"Then let me have it, dear son," You spoke, "I shall keep it safe."

And I did, thinking it would keep me safe.

Shadow Work

He punches

in sight (...)

Shelter Dog

I tear up whatever I can get my paws on

And wonder why your thoughts of me have turned sour.

Could

COULD I BE A WOMAN?

Essays

Introduction

"You are forced to prove your identity to those around you, tear out your heart and present it to an audience, crying 'Look! Look at this piece of me, look at this piece of me and see me.'”

Dating While Trans: The Great Balancing Act

"I can kill my masculinity, I know how to hide a body. I can hide my body"