“an exhumation”

your vast hymnals to my divine madness
fail to capture the sum of me -
for I AM theology, but pressed into stretches of silence
the wind rattling the wire
shared secrets between friends, spinning arms,
and if you cannot find my pain, then no -
you cannot have my joy at all.

-Allēna, 7/18/2025.

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Workin on the cover for my uni book based off These Things I Know by Kae Tempest :)

!!! In previous posts I did use their deadname, I was unaware they had changed their name until recently - I apologise deeply and will use the correct name and pronouns moving forward !!!

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