Human?

Human?

Lesbian? No.

Well not exactly at least.

I prefer queer.

People don’t like that though.

Lesbian? Bi? No! No! No!

Cant I just live?

Cant I just be?

Here on this earth

Labels are everything

Black. White. Gay. Girl. Boy.

Human. Yes that’s nice

Though I suppose that too is just a label.

No good way to fix this.

This feeling. This aching pain.

Never really gone.

Always there...nagging

Tearing me apart bit by bit

Til I am just mere dust.

-Epiphany Spence

Written on May 20 of 2021.

This is a poem about my journey through labels...