Male Gaze
Suffocated,
I feel confined,
yet it's paradise in your mind.
Everything is for your eyes.
Seeing signs in socialized graces,
getting high on familiar faces,
telling me what my place is.
Lost in the thought of me,
thinking you create what defines a she.
I stand in the power of my reality.
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The Eldest Daughter ✔️
PoetryA collection of poems I wrote ages 13 to 31 that show how I grapple with neurodivergence, gender roles, and the conservative fundamentalist environment I was raised in. This is the most vulnerable work I have released to date, letting you into intim...
