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listing queerly

when asked to explain the inexplicable

By kpPublished 9 months ago Updated 7 months ago 1 min read
listing queerly
Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash

the thing about queer is it's more than a sexuality or gender,

it's a declaration.

it's not just a personal state of mind,

it's a political reality.

the thing about queer is it's not a hot new trend,

it's divine being.

it isn't diversity,

it's everything.

the thing about queer is it can't be easily defined,

it's unspeakable.

it's more than an umbrella,

it's a safe home.

the thing about queer is it doesn't judge,

it exacts.

it is part calling and all intention.

queer is decision and liberation.

it is unlearning and consciousness raising.

queer isn't sub.

it is culture.

queer is revolution.

it is reconciliation.

queer is reckoning.

it is past, present, and it is future.

queer is history, and

it is potential.

queer is Truth like it was meant to be told.

it's fields of goldenrod and clover

when ashen landscapes steal spirit and

joy.

as one might consider an infant, a blossom, or any other new life,

so one must consider the boundless possibility that is queerness.

ancient and endlessly new.

forever changing.

evolving.

queer is a gift

for anyone brave enough to let it in.

it is the gift of

yourself.

AdvocacyCommunityCultureEmpowermentHistoryHumanityIdentityPoetryPop Culture

About the Creator

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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  • Raphael Fontenelle9 months ago

    It's a beautiful label.

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