genderqueer

prayer of the genderqueer

may i love it in living

may i love every breath

may the loving of me wash over every step

until i too am nothing—

mere dust and bone

once a body, now vessel inside your home

sitting proud on the mantle

may my love melt candles

placed beside me

love i be

endless and queer

no regrets of self here

always love the song and the singing

the hearing and here-ing

all music is worship

when your ears ring.

i am, i will, i being, i is,

i was, i shall be, forever:

he, hymn, his.

angel of tinnitus (2024)