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Zeina Hashem Beck, “Ode to My Husband, Who Brings the Music” [ID in ALT]
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I Hope
It is beyond selfish to think
It is beyond selfish to feel
To hope you remember me
You can call me if you need me
As if you’d need me
Like I need you
To just smile and love
Like I loved you
I hope you still dream of us - happy and alive
I hope you’re proud of me for walking out of the fire
I hope you believe I’ve changed
I also hope you’ve forgotten me
I hope you took pleasure in watching me tear myself apart
I hope you don’t remember the monster, don’t keep him fresh
Because that’s why I’m doing this
That’s why I'm on my floor at 2 am
Writhing and crying for the poison instead
Of just withering away
I just hope you think of me
Wherever you are
And know that I loved you
Why else would I do this to myself?
If not for love towards those I lost in flames
But it’s beyond selfish to think
So I’ll write it instead
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This hit so hard
Validation
Others have it worse
My shivering body is inked
In shades of deep purple and pink
Unsteady lines from unsteady hands
That my mind no longer commands
Others have it worse
But I still have canvas left untouched
To my blank slate, I desperately clutch
I'm not dangerous enough yet
I can still try to forgive and forget
Others have it worse
My hands continue to shake
But it eventually gives me a break
Maybe it's the anxiety, maybe it's the pills
At least it's not something that kills
Others have it worse
I space out, fall down stairs
But it's not often enough to justify tears
I can still walk at least
Can't complain 'till the pain has increased
Others have it worse
I can't ask for help until I'm sadder, sicker
'Til I've fully submitted to blades, pills, and liquor
Convincing myself it’s all in my head
I won’t feel valid until I’m dead
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I have this fear about returning home - I’ve been gone so long
What if I return, and the home I left changed without me?
The trees I climbed as a kid could’ve been chopped down
The green hills have become concrete
And my favorite diner is now a chain restaurant
What if all they hear when I speak is someone foreign, someone that doesn’t belong
My voice doesn’t sounds like theirs, or those of my ancestors
The ghosts of my family don’t recognize me anymore
And the place in which I left my heart
No longer has room for me
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I don’t think people realize how sweet autistic mimicry is
My speech patterns, my personality
The way I interact with the world
Is an amalgamation of all the people I’ve ever met
And all the things I’ve ever loved
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I think ‘I adore you’ is such a wonderful phrase, it’s so soft and loving and feels so safe and comforting
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soft asks to get to know people
what song makes you feel better?
what’s your feel-good movie?
what’s your favorite candle scent?
what flower would you like to be given?
who do you feel most you around?
say three nice things about yourself (three physical and three non-physical).
what color brings you peace?
tag someone (or multiple people) who make you feel good. 
what calms you down?
what’s something you’re excited for?
what’s your ideal date?
how are you?
what’s your comfort food?
favorite feel-good show?
for every emoji you get, tag someone and describe them in one word.
compliment the person who sent you this number.
fairy lights or LED lights?
do you still love stuffed animals?
most important thing in your life?
what do you want most in the world right now?
if you could tell your past self one thing, what would it be?
what would you say to your future self?
favorite piece of clothing?
what’s something you do to de-stress?
what’s the best personal gift someone could give you (playlist, homemade card, etc.)
what movie would you want to live in?
which character would you want to be?
hugs or hand-holding?
morning, afternoon or night?
what reminds you of home (doesn’t have to mean house… just things that remind you of the feeling of home)?
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New cover for my poetry archive⚡️
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Weeds
Sometimes I wonder if I’m doing anyone any good with my poetry
Or if I'm just doing it selfishly
I tell myself every day that maybe if I tell my stories
And show my scars
That someone, somewhere, with similar scars
Will feel just a little less alone
But maybe I’m the one that wants to feel less alone
What if I'm just spilling my blood on paper in order to silence the noise
And I'm only shoving my nonsense onto innocent eyes
So they have to watch my destruction as well
My poems are weeds
And I’m spreading my pain like dandelion seeds
In an open field
So that I’ll exist long after I fall
But what if all I am
Is a climbing ivy
That winds up your arms - through the cracks that you didn’t think to hide
Rotting the wood and
Destroying the foundation
Closed minds, open eyes, tight fists
Pried open now - for me to climb inside and
Make it my home
In the backs of people’s heads
Where your memories live - the ones that never seem to resurface
The vault you keep locked
I’ll nourish myself with your heartbeats - your secrets
And I’ll grow
And I’ll spread
Until you write your own poems
About the seeds planted inside you
Like the ones inside me
This way, we spread
Invasive and immortal
And I am no longer alone
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Happier
Maybe I'll be able to concentrate if I shake out what's in my head
Random people tucked away up there - people that will always be a part of me
Like faces torn from pictures and tucked under your mattress
Because you don’t have the heart to toss them out
Only to take one out and ponder it on late nights
With the still air whispering what ifs
What if I hadn't said this or done that
What if I loved them a little less, a little more
What if I could disconnect my brain from the past
Disconnect my hands from my emotions that seem to spill out in violent ways
Would I be happier now?
Everything seems, to me, a dream within a dream - a simulation with no clear end
There’s fog in my eyes and my brain, a cluttered attic
Full of every person I've ever loved - or lost
Full of every smile I've ever held - or crushed
They live forever inside me
Changing me piece by piece until I am no longer the same
But if I could throw them out - cut away all the parts I don’t recognize
Would I be happier?
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I’ve always had depression but lately it’s been less “I’m depressed and dead inside ahahaha :|” and more like “every night I must recite my list of reasons to live”
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I try my best to keep up with new terminology and ways of speaking for the sake of others, but not for myself.
I may be young, yes, but I grew up in a very rural/isolated area, my parents were quite old, barely any technology in the house so I was VERY late to social media and I was the only trans person I knew growing up. So my terminology will suck, I’ll try my best for others, but if I make jokes or describe my experience with outdated words, just shush
hot take uh
dont get mad at trans ppl for using the “wrong”/out of date terminology to describe their own experiences like
if a trans dude says “back when i was a girl” or “i was born in the wrong body” just. let them. if they feel it describes their experiences the best, then it’s good for them
as long as theyre not using it to describe other people who may not be comfortable with, it’s ok
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type “i am” in the tags and whatever comes up first is your new mandatory kin
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i do not ghost purposely i just have no idea what to say ever
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It's really fucking weird seeing people reclaim "limp-wristed" and "fruity" while also screaming about how horrible and offensive the word "queer" is.
It's almost like "queer is a slur" was never about protecting people, and has always been about gatekeeping who "really belongs" by making our most all-inclusive term into a controversy.
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Porcelain Boy
I’ll never be clean
There are germs and fingerprints on my glass heart
This heart which I have hidden behind walls
Of ice and stone - untouchable
Even by those who I wish I could let in
Fingerlike bruises and cracks
In my porcelain skin climb
Like spiders - faded but always under the surface
Their hands are wrapping around me
Like a blanket - a sea of silk
And if I'm not careful, I’ll surely drown
Some days the scars open up again
And with red tears, I weep
For the porcelain boy that lives inside me
How he’ll never trust soft hands again
Or how the sun never fully reaches his midnight eyes
There is dirt on my bones still
And blood on my hands
But I’ve learned to stop scrubbing my skin
Because the rawness hurts where the water hits
And I know
I’ll never be clean
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Nothing But A Memory
It’s funny how
Even after all this time
Sunsets still remind me of you
Even when the walls in the hallway have ceased echoing your name
And your fingerprints have long since faded
The rain only reminds me of home - of freedom
And the smell of grass just brings me back to summer days with friends
Your mark on me is now nothing more than a small scar on my heart
I’m purging you from my mind
With every pen stroke
Because your memory is as bitter as it is sweet
Because your memory brings solace as well as all-consuming sorrow
Because even though my heart shattered to pieces for you -
I was nothing more than a bad taste in your mouth
Because, because, because
My world no longer revolves around being good enough
For you
For anyone
But even as I bid your ghost farewell
I know with certainty
Sunsets will always remind me of you
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