Gender

I thought about you All my life But when I looked You were invisible To the mirror We battled Since you wanted To come out But I was scared To show the real me To the world Alex

Mama Said

As a child Everywhere you went I followed I covered for you From dad Because you were a hero In my eye And you use to say That mama will love you Always and forever However, the day I came out With pain in my eyes As the real me That love was a … Continue reading Mama Said →

I Had To For Myself

We were just teens Tasting what love could be Getting judged because of Skin colour We taught each other What real love is But inside me I was fighting A silent battle Hiding who I really am So even if I loved you To the moon and back Even if with pain I had to … Continue reading I Had To For Myself →

Top Ten Tuesday/ Books I Wish I Had As A Kid

Hosted by thatartsyreadergirl. April 28: Books I Wish I Had Read As a Child. I’m going to try and find the most 10 essential trans books for me that I only dreamt of as a child. I know that this kind of posts doesn’t get as many views and likes as my others. But, posts like this … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday/ Books I Wish I Had As A Kid →

Finding Tranquility: A Love Story by Laura Heffernan

I wasn’t planning to review this book which seems to become a new theme for me, but please hear me out. This book deals with a lot of essential trans-related topics to the point that my eyes are dying to sleep, but my brain won’t shut down until I put my thoughts on the page. … Continue reading Finding Tranquility: A Love Story by Laura Heffernan →

First Lines Fridays #16

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first … Continue reading First Lines Fridays #16 →

Update On Hormones

At the end of this month, I was supposed to take a blood test to check my liver. However, due to CONVID 19, I’m worried that the hospital won’t be available to make that kind of blood test. Which means that I starting hormones would be extended further … Continue reading Update On Hormones →

Misgendering

A few weeks was the day I was born but three years ago on that same day is when I came out to my mum as a trans man via a text because I knew she isn’t the letter type of person. You can imagine how I felt trying to write that text with my … Continue reading Misgendering →

Off The Topic Thursdays/ My Trans Brain

Every morning I wake up With puppy kisses Which makes me smile But then My dysphoric mind Wakes up too And it starts to hear My high voice And going on to think About my chest But luckily with a chest binder Gives me the strength To fight this battle For yet another Day

More Than Just A Name Change…

The meaning of giving something or someone took another meaning for me when I was 16 and in class when the teacher said that naming something in the bible it’s like having ownership no that thing or person. Now, nearly eight years later since I’m 24 in a few days, I still think about what … Continue reading More Than Just A Name Change… →