With your needle and thread / The Woman Who Molded My Heart
Ray M.
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These two poems are more recent pieces I have written. The first, "With your needle and thread," is about the way gender dysphoria makes me feel on display and vulgar. The second, "The Woman Who Molded My Heart" is about an encounter that a woman has outside during her break at work with a seemingly undead woman. Both poems are queer in nature but can also be interpreted through a non-queer lens, as the narrator is not clearly established. I have posted the second poem to my TikTok and Instagram as it is one that I love very much.
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It means making something that sounds close to reality but is also unique to the individual. It isn't something that can be learned directly but is learned through experience and is pushed and tested. Creativity has to be always changing and moving or it is no longer true to itself.
