What remains of a soul when its voice is stripped away?
My skin swaddled me in sinful silence
while your chains choked away any true choice.
You opposed and oppressed my opinions,
then violated and vetoed my voice.
My words judged abusive and abysmal,
unless meek and mutilated like yours.
Cultural cancellation controlled me;
silenced by an echo chamber of censors.
—H, still speaking, even in the silence
While shallow hearts pumped for equality, queens snorted and screamed their hypocrisy. A searing poem about betrayal, gossip and the dark undercurrents of toxic friendships within gay circles.
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A fire-charged spoken word poem confronting homophobia, double standards and the burden of gay visibility. With biting rhythm and rising fury, it demands the same accountability from straight society it demands of us.
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You wore my mask and whispered my pain as yours. But I knew. Even behind your smile, I smelled the rot of erasure. Your queer was my gag—But I sang anyway. I flew anyway. I remained whole.
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A soft, aching meditation on the paradox of pain and affection. This free verse confession walks the fine line between abuse and yearning, revealing how love and fear can echo through memory in equal measure.
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I laid all my bets on men I hadn’t met; strangers on the street, and hoped they wouldn’t cheat. This poignant lyric poem captures the aching contradiction of longing for love after being emotionally ravaged by it.
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A soul imprisoned behind unseen walls, where sunlight never reaches and mockery reigns. Yet within the cold—a spark endures, whispering, “I exist.”
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Each click of the lens snatched a piece of light. Lucifer waits behind every pose. What if the image reflects not what we are but what we’ve lost?
Read the Full Whisper →I laid all my bets on men I hadn’t met; strangers on the street, and hoped they wouldn’t cheat. This poignant lyric poem captures the aching contradiction of longing for love after being emotionally ravaged by it.
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A volatile dance between love and control, this poem traces a kiss that shackled more than the body. Blinded by a lover’s charm and diseased spirit, the speaker falls into submission, where even affection carries the weight of a weapon.
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