Family

A Free-Verse to Christmas

Shana Carroll
Nov 4 · 1 min read

Over the valley and through the woods
was how the song was sung
The horse knows the way,
but the family just stays
they let you drift away.

They don’t say it aloud,
shh.. (it’s because you are gay),
and they can’t agree.
So they rather ignore you’re alive.

Oh what a holiday
With no home at all
I’ll make the woods my friends.

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My journey as a transwoman navigating life in the Bible Belt, living as witch, and fighting the cistem.

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