thank you for sharing your story! i can’t imagine it was easy, but i hope you feel some semblance of peace in your release. thank you for the community you have cultivated in the bay. I hope to stop by and visit your shop some day! How wonderful to give yourself this gift — being seen and offered encouragement and love the way you deserve and on your terms. xo
my mind is vivid, so my words are clear. I speak in tongues because I know what’s there—love is the word I think of as a persecuted person. Lurking in the dark for political clarity while singing for the (un-)named mothers and their sons who are denied justice, stripped of their humanity, and given unfair treatment for being queer with a secret.
Release it, and your hymns of glory will nourish your body while your mental capacity expands, taking root next to the fruit(-less) tree where all ancestors go to feel free.
Thanks so much for sharing. It is so scary to be vulnerable especially when life demonstrated it was safer to not be time and time again. I hope writing this all out helps with your healing after having to just focus on surviving for a long time. I’ll be 32 this year as well, and do know what it’s like to always put other people first. I hope you have the support you need as you go through the journey of taking care of you because you do deserve it.
Such a beautiful story thank you for sharing this at a time when I’m also coming out. Also I need to read running with scissors! I’m just finishing his other memoir “lust and wonder”.
thank you for sharing your story! i can’t imagine it was easy, but i hope you feel some semblance of peace in your release. thank you for the community you have cultivated in the bay. I hope to stop by and visit your shop some day! How wonderful to give yourself this gift — being seen and offered encouragement and love the way you deserve and on your terms. xo
emu,
my mind is vivid, so my words are clear. I speak in tongues because I know what’s there—love is the word I think of as a persecuted person. Lurking in the dark for political clarity while singing for the (un-)named mothers and their sons who are denied justice, stripped of their humanity, and given unfair treatment for being queer with a secret.
Release it, and your hymns of glory will nourish your body while your mental capacity expands, taking root next to the fruit(-less) tree where all ancestors go to feel free.
asé
beautifully written, I feel inspired by your strength to say these words
Thank you so much, I’ve always looked to the words of others for comfort, and am glad to be able to use my story for good
Thanks so much for sharing. It is so scary to be vulnerable especially when life demonstrated it was safer to not be time and time again. I hope writing this all out helps with your healing after having to just focus on surviving for a long time. I’ll be 32 this year as well, and do know what it’s like to always put other people first. I hope you have the support you need as you go through the journey of taking care of you because you do deserve it.
I always still am apprehensive being vulnerable, but so fortunate to be blessed with so much love like this when I do
Such a beautiful story thank you for sharing this at a time when I’m also coming out. Also I need to read running with scissors! I’m just finishing his other memoir “lust and wonder”.
congratulations on your journey. Running with scissors is a must!!
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