I

I am

I am a boy

I am a black boy

I am a queer black boy

I am a queer black boy with a magic wand

I am a queer black boy melting masculine codes with magic

I am a queer black boy who is better than myself

I am better than no one, except otherwise

 

 

I am a witness to many dreams

In the places that once stood nothing

My mushroom hair is cocooning hope

My skin is breathing light, elegant as silk

My roots dangle on every word I speak

 

I stand present on your soil conjuring hope

 

Everything I touch, I leave it with a smile

Everyone that I’ve loved, I’ve loved rightly

I kill a rumour and honour the truth, I am a

Happy Black boy deicing white spaces

Offering condolences to all our fears

 

 

I am better than no one, except otherwise

I am a queer black boy who is better than myself

I am a queer black boy diluting masculine codes with magic

I am a queer black boy with a magic wand

I am a queer black boy

I am a black boy

I am a boy

I am

I