“only what I write is what I am”
I stopped writing and I got lost.
the thing is…
so many things, I don’t even know what to say anymore.
I don’t want to write for the crowd.
nothing for the crowd.
the terror of being perceived and all that trauma stuff, because
the crowd is everything (my people, where are my people? who are my people?)
we are our relationships and all that,
and I’m just me — or I should be —
but no, here I am, writing to you all.
there’s a regression toward conservatism all around.
an identity mess.
a dissonance that’s kept me from sleeping for days.
at least I’m thinner, says my fatphobic mind.
depressed but “looking great”, huh?
the crowd hurt me.
I hurt them too.
it’s complicated…
but (let’s say it all)
they gossip with bad intentions,
they vote terribly,
they make fun of everything.
and I understand them too, I understand us
(an unbearable empathy, an insufferable lukewarmness).
I study so much and I know nothing.
or I know too much.
either way, I’m called to silence.
my suspicion about the cause is that I was born with the wrong genitals and—
self-esteem? in a woman?
not even in your dreams.
unforgivable.
who do you think you are?
yes, I thought I knew that’s what they were thinking.
and knowing it hasn’t gotten me anywhere.
I don’t want anything to do with the crowd anymore.
humanity is broken (I am broken).
I want to build my own council of the wise.
friends — the ones who were always there
and left
and I left
and they came back
and I came back
and everything is still the same.
little mental-health kittens.
challenging sisters who are sweet at the same time,
bad bitches, boss bitches,
warrior moms,
invincible grandmothers.
always women. almost all women.
let us lead the feminities, God — feminities —
let’s allow ourselves to believe it,
let’s do the planet Earth that favor.
because the total crowd will always be murmuring
who does she think she is.
and there will always be someone offended,
or two, or a thousand.
so let’s give them reasons, right?
and for my sisters,
for my cousins,
for the ones who are coming—
“I think I’m all that,”
with full honor
(well no, I wish)
(one day, close)
(almost)
because I am
a daughter of God on this earth (like all of us),
mistaken, contradictory (like all of us),
stoic and alive (you get it by now, right? like all of us).
alive.
my economy of words went to hell.
less is more —
which is different from
“you look prettier when you’re quiet.”
learning from simplicity.
stop wishing for happiness as a goal.
happiness is a consequence.
all this vomit
is for me.
but it only makes sense when shared.
damn the crowd.
bless the crowd.
I stopped writing.
I stopped sharing.
and I got lost.
this is my (humble? nah) attempt
to find myself again.
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