I am Queer and Black.
I am never one without the other.
I am feminine and masculine.
I am never one without the other.
I never want to be one without the other.
Each and both, individually and simultaneously beautiful, powerful and magical.
It took me a long time to fall in love the romance that breathes
Between my feminine and masculine.
The lives and loves that exist between them are not here to be understood;
Just respected.
Their lives just want to live.
Their loves just want to live.
I’m sorry if you’re confused by my energies
But please don’t disturb my energies.
Don’t interrupt my peace.
Don’t invalidate my existence.
I am because they are.
They are because I let them be.
My feminine.
My masculine.
They exist.
They co-exist.
They are
Because I am.