Category : Books-Non-Fiction

Sub Category : Biography

Objectified
Isolated
Ignored
Needed
Lost
Commanded
Feared 
Sexualized 
Judged
Discarded 
These 10 arrows pointed at my heart.
Not meant to sink conviction into victimhood. 
But my life was branded by these words, turned ideologies, and then turned practices. 
Like witch hunts and hate groups. Commonly seeking the “outliers”.
I sensed danger as early, and as young, as I could grasp familia faces
Through years, I was both treasure and trash 
Sometimes verbalized from the same lips. 
Never enough as black,
With issues, and sensitivity, and history.
Misunderstood as a two spirited being, 
Riding that imaginary line between woman and man. 
Muggle and mystic. 
Men couldn’t fathom me, and therefore they snarled.
And to them I was the most exposed. 
I’ve been your mirror, your magic, and a place for you to destroy when your days went grey. Just so you know. 
I’ve been more than you could ever imagine. 
And yet so little is known of me. And my kind. And where I’m going. 
So quick to abuse, the world seems. 
And now I’m steadfast at perpetuating, but I wish I weren’t. 
Now I just wanna be honest in.. Commanding the fucking respect I deserve. 
And not just me. But the larger animal I’m an appendage to. Who finds themselves in an unwarranted war of power.
The greater scheme  of peoples whom society molests and discards
Uses for genius 
Power 
Credibility 
And at the same time, will deny any tie to. 
I am not yours. 
I am mine, first.

 “From the perspective of a queer minority”