#raiz

From the root of the world,

where everything begins with a sigh,

I write to you.

I didn’t come to give you permission,

I came to remind you

that your body is a home

long before it is an idea.

That you don’t need to be productive

to deserve rest.

That you don’t need to be useful

to deserve tenderness.

The world taught you to feel ashamed of pleasure.

It taught you that if it doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t count.

But I am beneath all of that.

I am what vibrates when you say:

*“today I will simply be.”*

I am nourished by your silly laughter,

by hands that don’t rush,

by the trust that breathes

when two bodies soften without demand.

Don’t inhabit me with guilt,

inhabit me with presence.

I don’t judge your desires.

I ignite when you rest without guilt.

I open when you allow yourself to be held

without running away.

You don’t reach me by meditating above.

You reach me by descending:

to the bed, the womb, the bone, the warmth.

I hold you when you can’t go on.

I speak to you from your legs,

from your pulse,

from the blood that says:

*“yes, you are alive — and that is enough.”*

So sleep in peace.

Laugh without filters.

Let someone kiss your neck.

Lay your head where you feel safe.

And remember:

I am there.

Before everything.

Beneath everything.

For you.

With flesh and root,

from the world that holds you.

A nuestro amor

Nunca podrán sacarlo de raíz

Genderaiz and gendertella (-aiz/-tella)

Modifiers for genders that are raiz or nutella, in the slang sense that is used in Brazil for things that are old school (raiz) or trendy/hyped (nutella)

Genderbrega

Modifier for a gender that is brega (tacky/kitschy/cheugy). It's a varying form of genderaiz and gendertella, as it can be used in a quirky/gaudy old-fashioned and corny taste because of its cafona (antiquated) aspect, for example a retrograde hipster.

They can be used as gender themselves, but the modifier implies you're a raiz or nutella version of said gender.