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It Gets Better Queerbook 2024 - My Colors

I'm proud to announce that a poem of mine has been published in a collection created by the It Gets Better Project, a non-profit dedicated to LGBT empowerment for young people globally. The book features amazing work from other writers and artists; it was such a treat to read through and see it all. The theme is "queer utopia." In a perfect world, queerness would be another element of the world, of nature itself. Thank you to the It Gets Better Project for this opportunity.  



My Colors


I want to show the sun my colors

Every one between pink, white and blue

I want to stand in an open field

And let the light shine through


I want my stained-glass shadow

To be cast down below

On the ground that birthed me

The ground that loves me so


I want the warmth's kiss

And the wind's passing caress

I want to know, deeply

Who I am, then effloresce 


I want to have no doubts, no fear

As I change and change again 

Flowing like a heavy rain

Between masculine and femme


I want to show the sun my colors

Wear them on my sleeve

All the beautiful hues 

This world gave to me


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