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i wasn't always candid

and i wasn't always brave

By kpPublished 11 months ago Updated 11 months ago 1 min read

once upon my bipolar years,

if i had told you that i loved you,

with everything that meant,

i'd have been telling you that i would give up my world to enter yours.

maybe you would have committed then.

maybe we'd still be together.

maybe we'd be married.

maybe not.

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kp

I am a non-binary, trans-masc writer. I work to dismantle internalized structures of oppression, such as the gender binary, class, and race. My writing is personal but anecdotally points to a larger political picture of systemic injustice.

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  • Oneg In The Arctic11 months ago

    ooooof damn. This just, very unfiltered truth.

  • angela hepworth11 months ago

    Dwelling on the “maybes” can be self destructive—and yet at the same time, how can we not? Powerful piece, kp. ♥️

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