Rupi Kaur

2. trans woman
they called it a phase
i called it
a homecoming

3. coffee
i drink it black
because the world
already adds
too much sugar
to who
they think i am

4. womanhood
you say
i am not real
but i bled
through my own
becoming
and you
call that
imaginary

5. healing
some days
i love myself
quietly
like i’m still learning
how to hold
something so sacred