Published by: Angel Monique Candelaria
Date published: April 13, 2023
Time published: 2:55 PM
Category: Poetry
Theme: Queer Struggles
I have never been accepted, really–
simply tolerated.
The change my mother allowed herself
to accept was always less:
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ,
and more:
๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ฐ.
It could never be:
๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ
๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ;
because it was always:
๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐?
But the thing is–
She does have a choice.
It's been 2 years and she's always had a choice.
The real thing is–
I was never worth that choice;
I was never worth that change.
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