I exist even if you are blind I exist even if you can't hear me I exist even if you deny my genitals being different from you I exist even if you are uncomfortable around me and want to try to convince yourself we are the same when we are different or worse, that I… Continue reading Poem: Help me end Cultural Dysphoria. I exist & it is okay.
Category: Poems
Poem: Mom, please don’t let them kill me.
I was once born an innocent little boy I was reaching out to you with my heart and soul I begged please don’t let me go Nights were long and lonely * Yet, each day as a girl, they took hold of my hand * As a boy, I could not help you understand you… Continue reading Poem: Mom, please don’t let them kill me.
Poem: My Sex Traits Don’t Create My Gender Identity
My Sex Traits Don't Create My Gender Identity I am not a non-binary person. I am a man an intersex man My Sex Traits Don't Create My Gender Identity My gender is in my brain and heart. My body is intersex. I have an intersex body. We used to be called hermaphrodites. I am a… Continue reading Poem: My Sex Traits Don’t Create My Gender Identity
Poem: Father’s Day is Your Day
An Orange Ribbon for Leukemia Father's Day is your day I will never want to share it with you Mother's Day is now Seahorse Day That is my day because I am your husband now I could not have done it without you You gave me your sperm with love that created our babies with… Continue reading Poem: Father’s Day is Your Day
Poem: Mr. Vagina, Mrs. Penis, and Mx. Hermaphrodite
Welcome, Mr. Vagina, Mrs. Penis, and Mx. Hermaphrodite! Welcome to a new world that doesn't deny your existence. Where genitals can belong to any gender identity and any sexual orientation and you are all valid. Where us humans have learned to stop conflating sex traits with gender identity. Better yet, no one is diagnosed as… Continue reading Poem: Mr. Vagina, Mrs. Penis, and Mx. Hermaphrodite
Poems: His Leukemia
A Dedication to my husband L - Loss of life. E - Emotional wreck. U - No Universal Healthcare. K - Keeping your head up somehow. E - Easter, and all holidays could miss me. M - Mood swings, depression and devestation. I - Whom am "I" now, that I know I could die too… Continue reading Poems: His Leukemia
Haiku: Cishet Tears
Self-centered people Prejudice when twisted and turned This isn't about you! By Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez March, 22nd 2021
Poem: I had to prove I could exist
I had to prove I could exist And there we were in ancient texts We will never be erased again by a binary myth The Ancient Talmud: Androgynos/אַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס Tumtum/ טֻומְטוּם Ay’lonit/איילונית Saris/סריס More than two: Zachar/זָכָר and Nekeivah/נְקֵבָה Why did they erase us? Supremacy Eugenics and Genocide Homophobia Scaple Lies By Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez… Continue reading Poem: I had to prove I could exist
Poem: How to live against all odds
I was told once again by an expert that I should not be alive I was told once again, without denial, that I deserve my disability I was told once again by my family that I am loved I was told once again, as I fight to live each day, that I am worthy of… Continue reading Poem: How to live against all odds
Poem: It’s 2021, will love prevail?
So many dead now and more are dying Very few did anything to stop it Greed and people in power and control Consuming our country with hate and greed Not caring that the poor, the old, and those marginalized would be hit worse As if they wanted us to die How can we deny that… Continue reading Poem: It’s 2021, will love prevail?