Sapphic Night

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First it Wasn't

First it wasn't full of joy and smiles. First it wasn't colorful and vibrant. First it wasn't an annual affair.

It was violent. They demanded silence. But we refused to be quiet.

They brought batons. But faced down the bricks. And took their share of nicks.

Pride didn't start as our celebration. It started as our fight to survive.

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I Promise To,

Be present for you always.

Make your favorite food.

Spoil you with gifts.

To listen and to kiss.

To hold you protectively.

To be near when you need me.

To be far away when you need space.

I promise to adore you.

To touch you.

In all the ways you love.

I promise to kiss you.

I promise to to love you,

The way only a woman can.

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More then Friends

Don't call us Best Friends. If you don't see our hands intertwined.

Don't call us Best Friends. If you think all women kiss each other.

Don't call us best friends. If you don't see two lovers together.

We are Best Friends. We were before, and we are now..

My wife is my Best Friend. Of course she is.

But she is also so much more. Someday, the world will remember that.

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She Hears Gods Again

It was less of an altar, and more of a crypt. That holy place that was stained in a god's blood. A curse laid thick upon the air here. The curse set by Quetz'lun as her death knell. Sama closed her eyes and could almost feel the deaths of the priests.

It happened over and over again on some faraway plain. Beyond that dark veil to the other side.

"We have committed terrible sacrilege against these most holy creatures. I am sorry the Scourge led us to such desperation." She asked the altar-crypt. "I can still feel the torment of the priests."

The wind stopped and the cold thickened. The curse became more pronounced. And the feeling of the dying was more intense. Quetz'lun could still be felt here. Sama closed her eyes.

"I am sorry for what was done to you." She said. A voice echoed back in her mind and in the air.

"You Drakkari are traitors. The priests are with me forever. Such is the price of their audacity."

Sama bowed her head and listened.

"You child, you are different. You did not partake in the sin of your people. But you share their vitiated blood. Drakkari are not welcome with me anymore."

Sama rested upon her knees and bowed her head. "I only seek to learn my history. Great Loa." She whispered into the wind.

"Drakkari history is dead. Your legacy is dirt and rot and frost. These empty roads will be overgrown by abandoned dilapidation, and you will be forgotten by time."

Sama grimaced. Her old home, the place she was born, discarded by the world and so was she and her tribe discarded by the Loa betrayed.

"You hate us so?" Sama asked.

"You demand I forgive you for the pain I've been wrought? You beg for good graces when what you stand for came plain as the day in your darkest hour? No; it is easy to do right when life is good. It's how you act in the throes of chaos that determines good or evil. Drakkari be cursed. You are no people of mine."

Sama accepted the words in silence. And kept her head bowed.

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They Came Again

Based on the poem "First They Came" by Pastor Martin Niemöller, re-imagined for the current US administration. Because history repeats.

First they came for the immigrants. And I did not speak out. Because I was not an immigrant.

Then they came for trans people. And I did not speak out. Because I was not trans.

Then they came for the homeless. And I did not speak out. Because I was not homeless.

And then they came for me. And there was no one left. To speak out for me.

If you aren't speaking out for everything wrong this administration is doing, if you aren't supporting those who have already been hurt, then you need to start. We all need to start. Otherwise the only people left to speak out, will be the fascists, and they won't be speaking out in defeat.

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Celestial Veil

Look up Witness the distance Gaze into a great abyss A veil of shadow A veil of light

It is celestial That expanse, restful Extra-Terrestrial And oh so stressful Here we are blessed, full.

Far up above, where hands cannot reach. Is a place where eyes easily breach. But still, we are sheltered on a cosmic beach That great beyond refuses to teach

But we will witness In that infinite distance A veil of shadow A veil of light A chaotic abyss, all in transience

Look up Witness it It is not such a distance

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Helya

Helya, Helya, Helya, Helya Helya, Helya, Helya, Helya

His daughter he scorned With bitterness in his eye In godhood bid his demands abide

[Chorus] And so the Val’kyr were born They were ferrymen They were warriors Upon their wings Valarjar climb

Rippling behind the light of Odyn Was a shadow that sunk deep Demanding the dead’s fealty In gold and iron they would go

Odyn’s daughter she did betray The father who forced her this way With rejection she left in anger She cast him away

[Chorus] And so the Val’kyr were born They were ferrymen They were warriors Upon their wings Valarjar climb

The fury of Odyn did cast Helya down Bound in shadow, sand and sea Down in Helheim heroes never climb Helya bit and she chided Against Valarjar up high But the shackles bit deep From Odyn’s cruelty.

Torture and torment Helya felt it all She was the pawn She was the dog Held down in the fog. Denied honor denied mercy for all time

Once held in graceful beauty. Her mind it twisted and she wasted Warped and bent her mind dismayed. Her anger was forever Her smile was dead and gone.

[Chorus] And so the Val’kyr were born They were ferrymen They were warriors Upon their wings Valarjar climb

While deep in Helheim Helya chides.

Helya, Helya, Helya, Helya Helya, Helya, Helya, Helya

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Lay in my Garden

Lay in my Garden And I will be there Drape yourself in the petals And I shall kiss your hair

Do not fear my dear The hammering at the gates I shall guard you from their leer I shall love you all over here

Lay in my Garden  Let my lips trace your skin From your shoulder to your waist With your blessing, I shall taste

Take shelter in my Garden And always with me be safe But I am not your warden It is my joy that you take

Lay in my Garden  And keep all that joy I love you always with no coy As your body makes that noise

Sing in my Garden Let me feel you In every way you enjoy Lay in my Garden 

From woman to woman We love as one I can't promise you the world But I can promise the eternal sun.

Lay in my Garden Taste on your own my lips Feel on your skin my fingertips And shiver with every gentle lick

Kiss me in my Garden  And take all that you crave And do not fear the awful For it cannot reach you here