Visceral Things
Carried from one room to another
City to city…
Mastering “No”
How hard can it be to say no? Well, turns out it’s the kind of hard when…
Fleeting Things
How could you judge
What’s dead?
Differences
You were insecure of our differences
I celebrated them…
Another Take
My therapist is glad we’re
not together…
On Sacrifice
I drink the dark.
To reflect your light.
On Feeling
The sun shrank
’til it was invisible…
New
Keep it together.
Maybe even tape…
Toxic
The cigarette smoke
Is like you.
Ritual
But her smile— like the pink tulips
In Spring…
Cheapened Self
Suspend time—I felt his reality
And he, mine.
On Blooming
Because only you
Breathe new life.
A Lesson
It hurts as much as it did
When the first time…
Simple Things
You and I
We could be something…
Boy Erased
Boy Erased is the harrowing experience of young Garrard—coming to terms with his sexuality…
Hard Things
Sometimes showing up
Is the hardest…
Un-erased
My lungs get heavier each time.
But I know we can't go back…
On Withering
I begin to wonder if
This is how your hopes fell…
Acrophobia
In the two years
That I dated her…
Being Enough
I like a girl.
And I like a boy.
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