I want to stare into you
Because in real life. Theres so many barriers to this connection. 600 years in the making. So many structures, rituals and rights. Queer connections constantly undermined
A lot of my poetry are words I wished I could have share at the time. Theres a level of vulnerability required to make deep connections and its something I have struggled with in queer, familial and platonic connections.
I want to stare into your beautiful brown eyes
I want your hands to graze the length of my soft brown thighs
I want to know what you want
I want us to take our time
Let ease and comfort flow in line
Can we be there for each other?
Be tender and caring?
Re-imagine romance, attraction, companionship and choose to be daring?
Can we do this while supporting and sharing?
Can I look at you, deep into your eyes?
Pause the world for my staring?
Can we let this connection grow stronger with time?
Mind if I leave out the rhyme?
Because in real life
Theres so many barriers to this connection
600 years in the making
So many structures, rituals and rights
Queer connections constantly undermined
The weight of social hierarchy
The price of social currency
The dehumanization of ableism
The burden of white supremacy
The crushing of capitalism
The monitoring of patriarchy
All interfere
All misalign
All warp and redefine
And steal our time
So I'm asking can we take our time?
Do what we can where we are at?
And communicate that?
Hold on to ourselves
And then
Hold on to each other?
Invent, and reinvent, imagine and reimagine this with kindness, self acceptance and slowness in mind?
There's a version of myself
That is so gentle and considerate
That disregards the harshness of this world
And I want to share it with you.
And stare in your beautiful brown eyes.
Image Description
A person with brown skin and brown eyes wearing a colourful flower crown. Only their eyes and the bridge of their nose can be seen, the background is a bright yellow colour.
