poem: coming out day

brandon goletzski 

1 January 2025    
from newpwords


 

i want to take my clothes off in front of you / then my skin too / toss it aside rumpled & empty

 

i want to take my clothes off in front of you
then my skin too
toss it aside rumpled & empty
i want to lay what i reveal in front of you
& have you love it
because it's me
& you find a way to love me

you told me to worry about people like me
so i worried about myself
you told me to fear people like me
so i feared what i might become
you told me to hate people like me
so i cut myself in half like a pig on the killing floor

i dug my hands in ripping nerve & tissue looking for that one piece my tearing fingers could extirpate that would make me whole

i found it
& it was not what you wanted it to be
it was everything you told me

here i am
every child i've ever been is layered around me like snake skins i never shed
help me take them off like you’re touching my cheek for the first time
tell me you aren’t going anywhere
tell me i’m okay
tell me you love me even more now
with no buttons, no zipper to secure myself back inside
i’ll never wear myself the same with you

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

we have to protect children, even the ones you hate

 

how can you want to keep an attraction you can never act on?

 

star trek, me, and pedophilia

   

bly rede

A group of adolescents, many thousands strong, are struggling with self-hatred and fear, and most people don't think that's a problem.

 

ethan edwards

Given that we are for moral reasons totally unable to express our sexuality with children, our right to private sexual fantasy would seem imore important.

 

leonard johnston

You can learn a lot about me from Star Trek. It's shaped my perception of myself and my pedophilia.

 
 
 
we have to protect children, even the ones you hate
bly rede

A group of adolescents, many thousands strong, are struggling with self-hatred and fear, and most people don't think that's a problem.

 
 
 
how can you want to keep an attraction you can never act on?
ethan edwards

Given that we are for moral reasons totally unable to express our sexuality with children, our right to private sexual fantasy would seem imore important.

 
 
 
star trek, me, and pedophilia
leonard johnston

You can learn a lot about me from Star Trek. It's shaped my perception of myself and my pedophilia.