Imminent Escape
I feel the heaviness of each brick Closing out my clear blue sky. I see numbness in the faces Of the people passing by. My soul feels endlessly shackled, My hands feel tied and bound. The birds still sing at dawn But my heart hears not the sound. Like a weed in concrete, trapped, I […]
I Wish You Freedom
I wish you freedom from the words inside your heart that were not embedded there by you. Freedom from society’s ‘groups’ and ‘clubs’ that you did not consciously assess and choose to join. Freedom from others’ expectations about how you ‘should’ be and what you ‘should’ do. Freedom from taking on in any way the […]
Gender Identity
I’ve had an interesting couple of months exploring the concept of gender identity. Somewhere along the line, I felt a little burgeoning curiosity about how it might be to seek others who are ‘non-binary’ – which is basically an umbrella term for those who don’t identify with the binary gender ‘options’ (for want of a […]