"I walk through *graveyards* with a chisel, correcting the names of *trans kids* whose families said 'no' when asked, 'can you just let me live?'"

Amazing. I absolutely adore this poem. My favorite part was when you said: "Burning for eternity seemed 5 times more doable than another day in the school lunchroom" I can't express enough how I adore this. Especially as a nobinary queer person. It hits home.

@lionlord5874

2 жыл бұрын

I actually don't have a favorite part, it was all amazingly beautiful.

There were days I thirst for my own silence but walk through the desert screaming 😭❤️

This was my absolute favorite poem in You Better Be Lightning, the whole book was beautiful but this one really hit home❤️

as a queer person this feels so powerful. as a big sister of a queer person this hurts so much.

maybe it's just the hrt but I can't stop crying now 😭

@quinnpeterson7595

2 жыл бұрын

Same, I’m currently in an Uber trying not to bawl my eyes out

My pride in them is a parade I know won't keep all of them alive 😭❤

1:35 "Pay it no mind"

Andrea’s works alway hit so hard. I love their poems so much. This one hit close ❤️

Petrichor 💗 I'm so thankful Andrea exists. Their words have a way of making me feel when nothing else can.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 You must have some idea how hard this hits when my trans cousin, the person I felt closest to in my family is only called by their deadname after they committed suicide this past year... This is why I don’t talk to my “family”

Felt this in my chest and heart and everywhere

the smell after it rains is called petrichor

Always been the weird one, never understood, bullied at school. Now I'm 51 and still don't feel like I fit in somewhere. I'm not Queer, but this poem ans the oh too many familiars feelings hit me like a brick wall. In tears now.

@Alex-fc8xn

Жыл бұрын

There are many ways to be queer, and many people only find the words to describe themselves when they are decades old after assuming they were cisgender, heterosexual, and heteroromantic all their lives because that's what they were told. But also, this is an experience that is similar to what neurodivergent people deal with. Autistic and ADHD people, people with anxiety or PTSD or ocd. People whose brains work differently and others notice that subconsciously and see it as a weakness to attack and make themselves feel superior. A lot of neurodivergent people are also queer. And ableism, like queerphobia, shares roots in patriarchal social norms and the idea that only straight, cis, white, Christian, able-bodied and neurotypical (aka not neurodivergent), and middle to upper class men are the absolute ideal and pinnacle of society, so everyone who deviates from that is treated poorly. Really, it dates back to roman culture that spread through their conquest of that continent and then was continued by the conquered countries through colonization and restrictive laws. Just look at the Roman Catholic Church and what they preach about men being in charge of the household, about how anyone who deviates from the norm should feel shame and repent for their "sins". (Cw child SA and religious trauma) Even the awful history of religious figures in the church being abusive to young children, boys especially, is a cycle of trauma dating back to Roman pederasty and what often happened to young boys who were groomed to become priests and expected to "entertain" people in certain ways. So many of these systems of oppression have the same roots, it's just that some groups have made more progress in fighting against them than others have. Like all of the rights that women had to fight to earn, and the laws that so many Black people fought so long and hard to get changed

this one hits home 🥺 thank you thank you thank you

can we get a list going of things to write in people’s yearbooks to get them through the next decade?

I am an avid mental health awareness advocate and spoken word performer, and I love this so much. I travel the country trying to bring that awareness on stages, in classrooms, hospitals, and on my KZread channel, so I get excited when I see other advocates. 💚

Thank you for this power piece!! You are one powerful being! Bless you!

As a queer youth I love this poem close to my heart.

You always touch my spirit, thank you! ❤️

Thank you for speaking on this!

❤️❤️❤️ wow... the end of this made me cry. thankyou.

Aaaand now I'm bawling my eyes out

Stunning. Thank you!

thank you thank you thank you

This is amazingly heartbreaking ❤️‍🩹

.. tears. Bravo. Just brilliant. 🙏

holy shit dude i didn't expect to be crying by the end of it this hit so hard for me

beautiful… honestly speechless

I’ll never get over listening to you.

I'm dying for the lyrics of this poem

Truth💔

❤

Absolutely beautiful and poignant

I switched out of the youtube account with my name on it because I'm afraid my mother will find this comment. I'm sitting here crying. I was meant to find spoken word poetry for my writer's craft class. I came across this and I was in tears one minute in. It's true and I hate it. It's true and I'm so angry I have to fight five times harder in order to live.

@Alex-fc8xn

Жыл бұрын

If it helps, it truly does get better once you have people in your life who know and support you. When you get connected with local queer community at pride parades and events hosted by queer charity/community organizations. When you make friends with queer people who are decades older than you and know that they made it that far

@Alex-fc8xn

Жыл бұрын

For now, know that you can find so much support and community online and that there are ways to hide it from your parents to keep you safe. Phone apps designed to look like calculators that hide files in them only accessible if you type in a password. So many ways to anonymously connect with others who understand your struggles, and many text lines and websites where you can talk to someone when you have no one to go to who you trust. I believe you'll get through this. That you'll keep yourself safe and when you finally leave the nest where you felt like an ugly duckling, you will grow into a powerful, strong, resilient swan and turn around to protect queer youth under your vast wings to help them survive until they too can spread their wings and be free to be who they are.

I love women so much but I need to learn how to treat them well I’ve been abused so much that I think that wrong is right and right is wrong 😑 I need help

Beautiful pice❤❤

I was gay when I was a kid, all the other kids called me “fat gay boy with an alcoholic daddy” my dad didn’t even drink. But I was fat and gay for sure. One day the teacher caught me French kissing my self in the bathroom mirror. Everyone died laughing over that one

I made it to 29. A miracle. But idk if I'll make it further. I'm being forced to medically detransiton by the government

@ButtonPoetry

5 ай бұрын

Wow. Seriously? Sending all the love I can through a post. Take care of yourself.

@Sam-yb1kz

5 ай бұрын

@ButtonPoetry I live in one of the states that adult health care is illegal and I'm too poor to move

@TheBonzai

8 күн бұрын

@@Sam-yb1kz Are you ok now? I send you all the love and support possible thru a comment.

Petrichor