Tender, Hidden Subjects
Try and separate
Being healthy with
Looking a certain way.
Try and separate
Being trans with
Looking a certain way.
Try and separate
Being queer with
Looking a certain way.
Try and separate
Self-expression
From looking a certain way.
Try and separate
Surface-level judements
From tender, hidden subjects–
Personal things don’t need to be
So public. Pride shouldn’t mean
Nudity, identity shouldn’t be
All that you are.