I remember being clueless about what was involved with transition, and when the media alluded to Chaz Bono making a “lifestyle choice” it made as much sense as anything. There I was, with the thoughts I had locked up inside my bony skull and I somehow could buy the notion that transitioning was some trivial…… Continue reading Outmoded Ideas
Category: Transition
Reinvention
Gone the days repasts together Merriment that tarnished grew Hearts no longer light as feathers Yet still coupled me and you Early was his heart still beating Breath encumbered, thoughts still fleeting Never reached the destination That the mind thought dear Soon it was her eyes so bleary Footsteps took the lamp away Sad the…… Continue reading Reinvention
Forward
We step Into our future Trembling forward Little by little Without map and not without fear Bravely inching Along the way Dimly lit paths Clear as day or Dark as night they appear Suddenly in relief Constructed by our choices To live, to love, to laugh in courage To bravely go not to cower or…… Continue reading Forward
Marching to no man’s land
Starting some ten to fifteen years ago, and it really is to hard to know exactly when at this point in time, I had a growing awareness of being really unsettled about my gender expression. In my young adulthood I always felt a complete fraud as a man, but to some extent I thought that…… Continue reading Marching to no man’s land
