Like a Kahawai
He called me a boy
I almost ripped my skin off
He said break the mirror
Slice me open like a kahawai.
The ocean won’t save you
You just want the scales
so you can shed your skin
But I’m not in your skin
I’m the blood that flows through your veins.
Where is my sovereignty?
This boy is in my body
This body is not mine
But my ancestors live in my bo-
Your family calls you a boy
What? Are you going to tell them you’re not one?
Didn’t think so.
You think you can escape me.
You think your pen is a weapon
That your poems will make me vanish
I am your childhood.
I am your future.
where is queer non- poem
my sovereignty euphoria boy scales
binary stream ocean trans
I’m not mirror boy
moʻo skin body
dysphoria kahawai
mana stolen
fake fucking skin
Just slice me open like a kahawai