Putting all my words here for safekeeping. My name is Tara. Non-binary, anarchist, life-giver, learning how to be a person.

Becoming

For seven days I heard
a voice in my head say,
“you don't have to be a woman”
louder
and
louder
until it had cleared away
all the thoughts from my brain
until I hear it echoing
deafening
off the bedroom walls
until I could only answer in reply
yes
yes!
YES!
until it covered me with joy
and my heart turned inside out
and all the parts of me
found their way home


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