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Being queer saved my life1
It’s not just being queer, but the living queerly
I forgot the taste of should
And remembered how to breathe
To stop asking and asking and asking how and who to be
To stop looking for answers
And remember how to be happy
It was terrifying. To turn off the gravity
The guilt and the shame and the need for company
The questions I had been asking myself, demanding answers finally
But here I am under wide skies and falling stars, giddy, heart twinkling
Laughter made from clay and embroidery
1My thanks to Ocean Vuong for the quote that inspired this poem