kazam

she was expected to be he
and they wanted me to be
a she that was not me like
a shell game in Times Square
we couldn’t win so at first we
sought shelter with each other
then with people who promised
unconditional love that secretly
came with new ways to judge us
just like Attila the Hun they pillaged
and sought to kill both of us
realized shelter wasn’t all it was
stacked up to be so separately we
busted out and became our own me

Cinse Bonino
2023