Time Travel • 12/16/23
I have the ability to travel through time and space But not the way you’d think My peculiar ability to manipulate the cosmos Is not rooted in daft fairy tales of visiting new worlds Discovering new civilizations among the stars Although that is what I may dream about at day This bleak travel of which I speak is one of fear not wonder A spontaneous, abrupt kind of travel that even a vortex manipulator can’t recreate I travel back to past days, previous years, ancient nights What feels like lifetimes ago I’ll randomly teleport finding myself being replaced by a being Much younger, much more innocent, much less experienced I’ll effortlessly travel back to a time where grief and confusion replaced joy.
About lttv
letters to the void. is a collection of short poems on trans and queer existence amid abuse, on Black existence, on mad existence, and the writer’s journey out of imposed darkness
To the reader, please note that the traditional format of the lttv poems follow a chronological theme as the reader goes through the ins and outs of the writer’s life and experiences. Some of this formatting may have been altered or posted out of order to adapt to the Substack platform.
While the journey has been rough, I would like to leave you with these words that have encouraged me through it all <3
" come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed " - Lucille Clifton
“Nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me.” - Leslie Feinberg from Stone Butch BluesDedicated
☆ to myself and for all those in a similar place
☆ to all of my trans siblings and especially my Black siblings <3
:’))) you have such a way with words