Dom Brown
This is black,
this is queer,
this is hopeful,
this is change,
this is movement reimagined,
this is flyness,
this is protest,
this is taking space,
this is strong and soft at the same time,
this is why I cry,
this is whats dancing me,
this is the future,
this is all I have.
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Oh shit look y'all,
Im a real ___.
Screaming,
Shouting,
Jumping,
Thrashing.
Look i'm doing it!
Paints self sadder,
scrambling through bits and pieces
of a shattered glass frame
In the shape of my heart.
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If I don't stop moving
For the rest of my days
When will my surroundings start to shake
How long must I throw myself
Against the universe
Before I see a dent
I raise my hands and thrash my head
Still i'm invisible
When do downs come back up
When can we start the mosh
We jumped and shouted love songs
Where breath was protest
Screaming in agony
Biting into pieces of soundproof foam
Wanting to be seen
needing to disappear
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cover me in glitter and i know that this is important
make me feel involved
still finding ways to let me disappear
showing everyone the way to show themselves publicly
not knowing how they see themselves
outside of practice
what is it like to be a joke
who is the ________
having an opinion where it doesn't matter building a platform in an auditorium that im not heard in nobody can hear me
having a seat where i think the microphone is in the wrong hands
saying something then being spoken over
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Teach me where to go when,
my vision fades.
Moshing to music,
I cant hear.
We are,
head banging into the ether.
Until something changes.
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Running while my hands cover my eyes
I can see the promised land
Reaching the point where
Exhaustion firmly grips the soles of my feet
Thinking of ecstasy
Wipe the glitter from my eyes when I wake up
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When can we start the mosh?
If i don't stop moving for the rest of my-
I'll never see where the cycle loops.
Still running.
Thinking about how we screamed
Until our lungs bursted out of our chests.
Remembering the way we saw each other.
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I don't know what this looks like
But it feels fucking awesome
Falling while i run
Holes in my socks
Stumbling through grass as tall as grandpa
Blurred visions of the future play again and again in
My head
I cant-
Tell exactly where we’re going
But i know its much better than here
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Stumbling through the fallen
Light still finds our eyes
Tears turn to fruit
Look at joy
Screaming words that love
Until they burn holes in our throats
Headbanging against the earth
to hear its heartbeat
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Dreams where I went all the way to mars and the people there loved me to the point of pushing me off of the mountain so that I wouldn’t fall I transcended somewhere better than here
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