LGBT Identity

These poems speak the quiet truths of gay identity, carved in secrecy, resilience and revelation. They are love letters written in hidden places, defiant breaths in rooms that tried to silence us. In every stanza, a boy becomes himself…again and again.

When selfhood dares to shine beneath shame.

Sparkling Emerald Eyes

your arms, like carved oak, protected me

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Heterovert

your slur—my ceaseless derogation

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Born Gay

inferior, wicked, perverted

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Twisted Carcass

perverted desires and poisoned words

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Devils & Monsters

sweaty skin squirmed past soiled meat

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Fearless Giants

if I object, the hands block my face

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