Poems, Relationships

Poem: One Year of Friendship

Time is such a strange thing One year has flown by so fast All the seasons passing by with you each day Summer was so miserable hot and here comes the sun again 4832 miles away But you're right here with me each day With just a click and a mouse away and there you… Continue reading Poem: One Year of Friendship

Poems, Relationships

Poem: My Beloved Friend, A True Justice Warrior

My beloved friend, a treasure of Gold Priceless and Fearless a true gift from God She is the miracle that this cold world needed God works through her *** My beloved friend, who is a true ally With fire in their heart to stand with those oppressed  Even when they know the same hate will… Continue reading Poem: My Beloved Friend, A True Justice Warrior

Intersex Phobia, Poems, Relationships, Transphobia

Poem: Alone

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

Poems, Relationships

Poem: Hope

You left me behind You told me to love again You died way too young The agony of your departure pure pain The end of your torture You died in my arms You made me promise to live without you I did not want to, oh the pain You told me I would be ready… Continue reading Poem: Hope

Hate Crimes, Homophobia, Intersex Phobia, Poems, Prejudice, Relationships, Transphobia

Poem: Hater – The way of love

You say you are a Christian but you sit in judgement over my "life style" when it is not a life style at all I live the way I was born to live and God says it is good You say you are a Christian but you lie, betray abandoned, and deceive me and then… Continue reading Poem: Hater – The way of love

Our Intersex Love Story, Poems, Prejudice, Relationships

Poem: March Forth, without you.

As you lay there dying, You gave me my marching orders: "We are Knights at the Round Table. I must die now and You must live on." I knew it would be my last night with you. I stayed awake the entire night.  Candles of rainbow colors burn in the dark room with only the… Continue reading Poem: March Forth, without you.

Hope, Our Intersex Love Story, Poems, Relationships, Zen Buddhism

Poem: When Suffering ends, life ends too.

To have peace with suffering one has to realize that when suffering ends life ends too.   To have peace with suffering is to find peace in this fallible life in its entirety.  Not just praising our joys - but embracing our blood, sweat and tears, too.   Our very death becomes as sacred as birth. Our… Continue reading Poem: When Suffering ends, life ends too.

Hate Crimes, Human Rights Violations, Relationships

When it is not safe to share our pronouns.

I often have conversations with people on Facebook, and the comments I share below are an accumulation of responses to this post: Please share a time when it is not safe to share your own or another person's true pronouns. Note: "True Pronouns" are what we have self-determined to reflect our authentic gender identity and… Continue reading When it is not safe to share our pronouns.

Intersex Awareness, Intersex People, Relationships

Reading This Can Change Your Perspective – Anya Kylie

Sometimes intersex friends share with me things that they want more people to read. Here is a letter to you, from a beloved intersex friend of mine. She writes to you about being assigned wrong, coerced as a nonconsenting child into surgery, and forced the wrong hormones. She was never supposed to be a boy… Continue reading Reading This Can Change Your Perspective – Anya Kylie