Lovers
Velvet blood coursing through intertwining paths
Supported by ebony pillars of bone
Supporting us in dance.
Your tender flesh, your cradling warmth
Clasped around my waist
Like it was made for your hands to rest on.
My limbs hung over your shoulders, around your neck
Like a garland made to grace your collar,
Pull you closer,
Hold us together, lovers.
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Full words on my TikTok @ yvepaints
tumblr staff doesn’t want you to know this, but a great way to treat small amounts of granulation tissue to prevent it from becoming hypergranulation inside the canal of your neovagina is to make a hypersaline solution (more in tense version of regular saline) and soak a tampon in it, and then insert that tampon into your vaginal canal
BELATED happy National Poetry Month!
“I Know Crips Live Here” by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
“Prayer for Werewolves” by Stephanie Burt
“Tin Busket” by Jenny George
“Give Ear to My Words (Psalm 5)” by Ernesto Cardenal
“Penelope / Odysseus” by Alex Peery Clark @two-bees-poetry
“Achilles / Patroclus” by LJ Moore
“First They Came for the Jews” by Pastor Niemöller
“Two-Headed Calf” by Laura Gilpin
“she asked me if i believed in god and i told her that when i was four i almost drowned in a public pool and in my panic mistook a stranger for my father.” by @inkskinned
“all this living is catching up to me” by @hauntedomens
“The Hymn of Patroclus” by Penelope L. P. @penelopelpa
“The first lines of emails I’ve received while quarantining” by Jessica Salfia
“Song for Baby-O, Unborn” by Diane di Prima
“Question” by May Swenson
“Young People” by Richie Hofmann
“The Bronze Arms” by Richie Hofmann
“The Trans Agenda is to Keep My F*cking Friends Alive” by Sol Rios
“For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper” by Joseph Fasano
“The Boy Scout Pledge” by Michael Glatze
“How to Watch Your Brother Die” by Michael Lassell
“We Have Enough Dead Friends” by Lena Oleanderson @lena-oleanderson
Reblogging my art with folk songs I feel are fitting part 1
Untitled (warning: violence against marginalized & minority populations)
Sitting on the ground reading Emily Dickinson
Just me, God, and the ants
One on my ankle, one on my shoe
I’m sure I’m getting eat up
Oh well
There are worse things that bite
ok I'm gonna tell you about some things that might happen if you are transitioning m->f. this is not a comprehensive list just my own experience, be sure to do your own research I just really wanted to voice how this affects me because I think open discussion about this type of stuff is just more helpful for everyone rather than keeping it private
BOOBS HURT WHEN THEY GROW
your sex drive (libido) will probably go down a lot
facial hair is very hard to get rid of
my go-to gender affirming clothing is high-waisted jeans. I suggest going to a goodwill or some sort of cheap store that lets you try on clothes to figure out what you like
muscle mass will go down, fat will be redistributed
boobs do all sorts of crazy stuff when you run / exercise
overtime your skin will get softer, you also might smell nicer, and I've been told it can thin body hair but I don't really see it all that much 🤷
your brain chemistry can change when you reduce testosterone and increase estrogen, there are lots of factors that contribute toward any changes to your personality, but hormones can have an impact as well. for me this is a good thing because I struggle with allowing myself to feel emotions sometimes, no matter how hard I tried I was never really able to get myself to cry. I've gotten closer to being able to cry since I started transitioning though and that makes me very happy
this is a slow process that can take several years, ultimately you're going to be in your body for several years regardless, so if this is something you want it's definitely something you should try to pursue if possible. the time will pass anyways, and it does feel nice to work towards something that can make you happier.
also this is very important, you don't need to do any sort of hormone replacement therapy in order to be trans. not everybody can access HRT, and for those who can access it, not everybody wants to take on all the changes that come with treatments. you don't have to chemically or physically change your body in any way in order to deserve respect
all right that's all I have for right now feel free to add anything in the comments, I would especially like to hear from trans men what your experiences have been, I think openly talking about these types of things can really help some people
acrylic on stretched canvas, 2023
Full post on my Instagram @ yvepaints
"these flowers suit your hair so well"