#my ASL TA flagged me down and shared their glasses with me so I could look

[artblueminecraftorchid]

Eclipse

May night descending be a mere eclipse;

Dim light hung close, but brushing harmless by

May shadows curl in sleep with softer curves

Til gleaming slivers wisp to brighter day

May sun’s bright rays ever ’round corners be

The lamps mere stopgap for the light to come

The cooling winds bring nothing but relief

To sweat-slick skin in summer’s sneaking burst

Between winter and spring. Stranger and friend

Alike shall pour onto the new-mow’d lawn,

Impromptu-picnic-party in full force.

Press safety glasses into your friends’ hand

Stare up towards the moon’s new waltzing dance-

The dark has passed. It’s alright. Go to class.

#orchids write poetry #im in a sonnet kick lately #point being #I woke up having a Straight Up Awful Fuckign Day #got semi-outed to my mom (read: cried too hard abt mom complaining about trans ppl) #(and she figured out that I knew that she knew I was not cis) #(she still loves me. which is nice. Hope she comes around to the idea.) #Point Being!!! #I still had to go to ASL class. and the time I left was right when the eclipse was starting #my ASL TA flagged me down and shared their glasses with me so I could look #and then my teacher started cracking jokes to make me feel better #we didn’t do much actual work in class but I felt much better #and then I went to my best college friend’s house and we went out to the market to buy ice cream #and binge season 16 of drag race #praise be to God. today wasn’t a wash. what felt like night was simply an eclipse. #genuinely praise be to God. #even now He is with me. in the many little joys. #I feel a lot better now.