#trans writer

Everyone hates the partisan, so

Too bad your existence is political--

Dealt with hate that’s just critical

Of your flaws, identity, and happy glow--

It’s just far too shimmering and bright;

It shows the dissonance between sight

And a soulful truth--interpretted as a blight.

Useless labels, boy or girl, left or right.

Oh god! Why must I contain multitudes,

Why must I look like this and feel like that--

Seems all my happiness and truth includes

The same treatment afforded to a rat

Given by those who, too, know the world’s scorn.

“What are you doing here?

You don't belong here,

With these shoulders much too wide

And the apple stuck in your throat. 

We know what you are. 

A monster, a fool, a sinner, a mockery;

You are a tourist

In a land you'll never know. 

We know you are a wolf 

Who feeds on us lambs 

And convinces other sheeps they are wolves.”

... 

“A black sheep? Don't be absurd. 

Sheep are like this and wolves are like that. 

There are no black sheep or albino wolves--

There are no goat or coyotes--

There are no deers or hyenas--

There are no fish or birds--

There are only sheep and wolves 

Here’s a reader’s guide to my novel! I’ve started updating my alt-world fantasy novel “Mage By Blood” again after a brief hiatus. You can read it online for free, see the link below.