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I

Words I couldn't say

Words I wish I'd said

Words I didn't have, to say

Words I can say now

I am a poet

I am queer

I am autistic

I am human

Words I couldn't say

I want to be heard

I want some space for myself

I want something for me

Words I wish I'd said

I want some thing

I know now some of what I want

To speak past silences of years

Words I didn't have, to say

Opening my voice

Finding I have a voice

To shout to scream to whisper

II

Words I can say now

I’ve found what I want with myself

I know what I want with you

I want to be with you

I want you to touch me

I want to walk with you

I want us to hold each other

I want to sit quietly next to you

I want to share a kiss with you

I want to play with you

I want us to hold each other's space

I want to dance with you

I want us to lie entwined

skin to skin to skin

I love you

I love you

I love you

1st Octoner 2023 Say what you couldn’t back then