I wrote this term paper for my Critical Race Theory Class, which I took this summer, 2024, at Meadville Lombard Theological School while working on my Master of Divinity. My professor was Dr. Barbara Fears, a Black woman from Howard University School of Divinity, an accomplished religious educator, Chaplain, Scholar, and Professor. I proudly received… Continue reading Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and Intersex People: How the Invention of Two Binary Systems Do Harm
Photo by T Leish Tattered and Torn Black Rose Tears always falling To laugh and scream at the same time Prisoners to our broken bodies Yet to dream of freedom some day Two of a kind Both tattered and torn Searching for something We will never find Perhaps I should leave here Go far away… Continue reading Poem: Tattered and Torn Black Rose
I fell in love with youBecause you were brought to me by two angels My Husband and Pete Two visiting red cardinals told us whytoo much to be chanceserendipity that we are both broken and so aloneA miracle You say it is too late to be lovedI will try to understandbutI will still love you… Continue reading Poem: Match Making Angels
Veronica, Happy 20th Birthday! 2024 When you were born It was a very special day Your daddy was in the operating room with me I was draped with green surgical sheets A blinder from the chest down so I could not see my legs They cut you out of my body They brought you to me… Continue reading Poems: Two Precious Birthdays in May
A time of acceptanceA time to be proud of my wheelsA reflection in my hospital's window of a: Caregiver A Hard Working Student Healer Parent Lover Widower A Remarkable Human Being I persevere! I continue to show this world I am Lovable and worthy of life By Anunnaki Marquez April 14th, 2024 ~.V.~
You, mother fuckers! Oops! I am not allowed to say that! You can destroy my life if I do not remain polite to you. Fuck that noise! You bigots are all Assholes! By Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez March 18th, 2024 Photo by Soulful Pizza ~.V.~
You wanted me to love again With no regard to how difficult it would be to find him You wanted me to love again With no regard to how special you were in my life You wanted me to love again With tears in your eyes because you knew it could no longer be you… Continue reading Poem: You wanted me to love again
This is not my world. How could it be? You abort us, sterilize us, and destroy our genital integrity. You raise us the wrong gender with your "expertise" and "science." All without our consent as children. This is not my world. How could it be? You erased us from information technology, forms, and pretty much… Continue reading Poem: This is not my world!
A ll on my own. Abandoned by too many. Shame on all of you and your prejudice. L onely in a way that makes my heart ache for you, why did you have to die so young? O ptimism means nothing to prejudiced men who will not give my love a chance. N obody wants to take the time to… Continue reading Poem: Alone
You did not want to die You did not give up when you did die Your body could not get better You did not want to die and you died anyways No prayer could fix it No God could fix your body The emptiness of powerlessness Cancer is an insidious thief that rips people out… Continue reading Poem: The Holidays Without You
Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez 