open letter

to a stranger / friend

From one embodied apex of a shifting
positionality to the self to another

hi friend, this is me
you are beautiful, friend

permit me to tickle the ways in which we be ?

from the deconstruction of dominant narratives
to the subversive acts of reinhabiting
one’s corporeality in the face of trauma

i love you

but also

i wish us to be, untamed
to love unabashedly
to live irrepressibly
to desire ferociously

may we inhabit our bodies to their fullest
and nourish the sensibility which moves us

be as deeply submerged in blissful gratefulness
as we can at times be shaken by laughter and tears

it’s nice to see you

you have come a long way, friend

let’s devote ourselves to a sensual reciprocity with the world
and lovingly nurture existence with care and softness

foster untainted compassion for the living
while kindling the indomitable fires within

how have you be?

the days may have been long,
but you haven’t lost your smile, friend

i hope us existence

..

and as a community, let us

choose to let our embodied selves breathe and be seen
value our lived experiences
give ourselves space to be without act
and will ourselves to hold space to see one another

despite—or rather because of—the pain we may carry
may our desire for affirmation of our wild selves
and of the legitimacy of our existences
be as radical as it may be improper

..

thank you, friend
i hope us resilience

..

keep in touch

love and rage

– cyclone