Ursula K. Le Guin
The Birthday of the World: and Other Stories
When I came out, I felt different. I felt like something had closed up inside me while I was closed up in that cellar.
The More Loving One (1957)
W.H. Auden
How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.
untitled (haiku after mathers)
Eminem
Walk on Water
are expectations
so high is it the bar i set
my arms i can’t reach
the curse of standard
only human making my
mistakes don’t think you
should believe in me
the way you do i’m terri-
fied to let you down
but doing my best
to not ruin expectations
cause how do i go
without a fight made
a fuckin’ tightrope outta
twine but when i do-
fall from these heights won’t
pout or cry or spiral down
or whine, i decide
if it’s my final
bow this time around if i
walked on water, i drown