Children: Unapologetically Ours; A Spoken Word for Today
WhovianPastor
Listen up. They told us to quiet down.To fold ourselves into corners.To soften our edges, straighten our curves,and blend into the walls. But we don’t shrink.We expand.We take up space,and…
Poetry
“Ashes and Embers”
The air is thick with smoke,a haze of grief and flame,while the earth cries out,and the skies echo its pain. California burns,but this is not a punishment,not a wrathful handor…
Both, And All: A spoken word about identity and love
Why choose?Why let the world box me in with their “either/or”?Why dim my light to fit their grayscale worldWhen my heart beats in colors they’ve never even named? I am…
Threads of Grace: A Spoken Word of Queerness and Christianity
I stand here, a paradox,A tapestry woven with threads of faith and pride.The church doors once loomed like gates,Heavy with whispers,Stained glass splintered by misinterpretation,And yet, here I am. They…
Rise and Shine: A Queer Anthem for the New Year!
We’ve walked through fire,danced in storms,hearts still beating,though the rhythm falters sometimes. They’ve tried to snuff out what burns within us,but don’t they know?This fire is eternal.It’s love, it’s courage,…
The Truth of Love
They say,Love is love.But let’s be real—Love is the ocean,Not the wave you see crashing on the shore.It’s not a label we wear,Not a box we check.It’s a spectrum,A wildfire,An…
The Veil of the Veins
Beneath the skin, where shadows creep,Where silent specters nightly weep,There courses through, with muffled breath,A harbinger of quiet death. Oh! How it winds, how it ascends,Through veins and arteries, it…
Fading
There’s a quiet in my bonesthat I don’t recognize.A weight beneath my skinpulls me into a stillness I can’t fight. Breath—once a thing I never thought about,now rattles like wind…