Hey pals, I hope you’re all safe and well wherever you are in the world right now! I’m pretty deep into the writing of my book so I’m pausing on any long form writing in this space right now. But having said that, it’s giving me a really sweet spot of playing around with different ways of expressing how I’m feeling!
This poem is called It Was Never My Goal to be Banned in Florida and tbh it comes from a place of being disgusted with what I’m seeing happening over there right now. Not just from the point of view of the LGBTQIA+ community, but the ways history is being changed around matters of race too is something that is making me feel physically sick. Read more here
To those who are having their rights taken away from them on a day to day basis. I see you and I will NEVER stop speaking up. To those who are equally rumpled by injustice, I challenge you to speak up for someone else even if you feel like it’s not impacting you right now. These things cannot be left to the people who are the ones being marginalized!!! This impacts all of us. It’s not enough to dream about inclusive spaces, we have to fight the battles alongside those we are seeking to include!
With love, Nessa xx
It Was Never My Goal To Be Banned in Florida
We’re stressed out,
We’re spent
We’re busy
We’re unkempt
It’s not working for you
This control that you crave.
You hate it because
it forces you to behave.
But you can’t behave
When there’s so much at stake
You have to speak up
It’s not just for your sake
It’s for the voiceless
who need a reason to believe.
Because DeSantis is in full force,
not giving much of a reprieve.
What I see all around me
is a reason to fume.
When you’re fucking with history,
the truth must be exhumed
We are in trouble here,
it’s not a me vs you.
But the whole world and everyone in it
and no one really knows what to do
We must find common ground.
We must listen to our peers.
But when the listening stunts action
and the weeks turn to years…
Can we really afford to sit back and let this all play out?
Don’t Say Gay!
Don’t dress to tempt!
Don’t “dredge up the past”!
Don’t ever afford your rent!
We’re told that our generation is too soft,
What I say to that is back the fuck off!
We are cleaning up an existential mess,
that we didn’t cause, but yet you scoff.
We are the future.
We don’t want the trauma.
We’re being forced to self medicate,
and reverse all the drama.
When YOU’RE asked what YOU did…
Where will YOU stand?
Will you run away from your responsibility?
or will you be able to take my hand?
Let’s be on the right side of history,
Please say this is all dream.
I’ll wake up in a minute,
if not I’ll have to scream.
I can’t sit and doing nothing
I don’t think you should either.
It was never my goal to be banned in Florida
But now I guess I’m going to pull that lever!
It seems to be a sign that we’re ruffling the right feathers.
New goal unlocked.
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