truth invincible will not be erased
“I feel, therefore I can be free.” — Audre Lorde
it’s peculiar feeling both invincible and so full of fear at the same time.
it’s peculiar thinking wow i feel beautiful today followed up by
i really hope i make it home today.
sometimes i feel mad about how it would only take ONE bigot ignorant
to end my life that i’ve worked so hard to find freedom and belonging
just because they don’t like the flow of my skirt
just because they don’t like the color of my nails
just because they don’t like the length of my hair
just because they don’t like how cute i feel or
how pretty i feel so maybe
PRETTY must wait one more day until i’m allowed to put on a coat of invincibility instead of always opting for a cloak of
invisibility.
sometimes i feel beautiful but the world i inhabit is not so beautiful.
it fears the beauty of truth it tries to deny its existence
it bends beauty into its own sick visage it bends truth to serve
its own agenda.
sometimes i feel the world should be free for the HUMAN in all of us.
instead it feels more like a box full of sharp objects and i’m
a hot air balloon wanting to get out and wanting to carry as many people in my basket so that maybe just maybe we can taste air serene.
we have every right to breathe.
believe it.
sometimes i feel i’m putting him in danger just because i want to kiss him in public since my love for him is there during all hours of sun and moon’s race
and not only when no one is WATCHING.
always watching as if there aren’t more better things to do
yes i see the eyes and
the glances and
the stares and
the brows furrowed
and the crease lines
that draw disgust but fuck ‘em.
fuck ‘em.
look at us.
look at us.
WE EXIST in the light just as you do.
exist with bodies planted firm as ancient oak trees on this here earth.
exist with souls tranquil in the river on this here earth.
here now.
here always.
HERE existing and oh so tired of your insisting
is that a boy or a girl with another boy or a girl
neither | both | mind your own damn business
it is just two humans invincible in their passion invincible in their cuteness.
INVINCIBLE when we wear our truths like a bomb ass jacket.
our truths will be torrential.
our truths will turn the tide.
our truths will dismantle this administration
with conviction radiant.
our truths won’t be erased.
they will never be erased
because once
it was whispered in our dreams
we feel, therefore we can be free
and now
we must shout
we seek freedom, therefore we exist.
a poem by YUN
artwork by the animators of Princess Jellyfish ← KURANOSUKE!!
quote by Audre Lorde ← please read her essays in Sister Outsider!
#WontBeErased #TransRightsAreHumanRights
