2. trans woman
they called it a phase
i called it
a homecoming

3. coffee
i drink it black
because the world
already adds
too much sugar
to who
they think i am

4. womanhood
you say
i am not real
but i bled
through my own
becoming
and you
call that
imaginary

5. healing
some days
i love myself
quietly
like i’m still learning
how to hold
something so sacred

Rupi Kaur

becoming
i was never meant
to be small
so i stopped
shrinking
to fit places
that didn’t want
to grow with me

2. trans woman
they called it a phase
i called it
a homecoming

3. coffee
i drink it black
because the world
already adds
too much sugar
to who
they think i am

4. womanhood
you say
i am not real
but i bled
through my own
becoming
and you
call that
imaginary

5. healing
some days
i love myself
quietly
like i’m still learning
how to hold
something so sacred



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