Corrine Jasmin - Not Urs

I'm not yours
I'm mine
I'm not alive for your approval
I'm not here to cater to your insecurities or help solve them
I'm not yours to shrink
My personhood is not up for you to decide, dissect
Digest, critique, figure out
Or appear as what you can best understand
Don't gotta sound like something you've heard before
Or like something your cousin mentioned
Don't gotta smell like a meal ya mama used to cook
Or look like something you watched on tv
My queerness comes in many forms, shapes, genders
Sizes, depending on the holiday
That aren't meant for everyone's consumption
And don't answer to your demands
I'm vibrant and budding like an amaryllis
You might push it aside on your dinner plate
I'll swallow it all whole and go back for seconds
I'm completely fluid and free
Like the ocean's excited waves
Smoothly and cleverly changing colors like
September to October
What day? What day will you choose you?
The road remains difficult around certain corners
Dark around others
But it's infinite and ever-changing
I drive, sometimes over the speed limit
Despite detours, with no license
Am I reckless?
My mother says she hopes I'm cognizant of my youth
I answer to myself, my ancestors, my body, and all its breaths
My body and all its breaths
My body and all its breaths
My body and all its breaths

Written by:
Corrine Jasmin

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