Hey y'all,
I’m a bit of a nerd *gasp* so this is a poem I wrote about dysphoria and gender queries. -Tristan 🌵 “Going Up in Flames” A Photograph– a snapshot a moment frozen in time a piece of my soul. There’s a box in my closet, filled with pictures of the person I used to be. The life and times of a ghost. Jigsaw puzzle pieces, forced together in ways that don’t fit– A mismatch of stories, spliced to form a never-ending reel: a documentary of my life. I keep my shadow locked away, in hopes you’ll never see what was. I ripped apart the stitches that held us together, because there is nothing but pain for me there. Photographs– keeping me shackled to the past when I should be looking towards the future. A constant game of before and after, and I can’t help but feel like I never measure up. Photographs– From the time that I was born, my mother started making scrapbooks. Page after page of baby photos and memorabilia. First days of school and piano recitals, little pink dresses and frilly easter bonnets. I should feel touched that my mother spent so much of her time trying to make me a time capsule, but I wish it would stay buried. I don’t want something to remember my childhood by. The person I was then, doesn’t even share a body with the person I am now. Photographs– They’re something that should be cherished, but I don’t even want to look at them. They’re nothing but kindling for a forest fire of questions that I’m not ready for. So I’m taking the initiative. Bonfire at my place- nostalgia not welcome. Comments are closed.
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