THE BODY SPEAKS
https://thelavendergaze.com/2017/03/the-body-speaks/
During the last three months I underwent three surgeries in my pubic area: fixing an inguinal hernia …
GAZE: “A steady intent look.”
The possibility to look, to be looked it. A space for connection, vulnerability, and presence.
LAVENDER: “A light pale shade of purple or violet.”
A colour used to refer to the LGBTQIA+ community, re-appropriated as a symbol of empowerment and resistance in the face of oppression.
This is a space for expression, in words and images. Not everything is about sexuality.
But as a gay man, I have a lavender outlook on life.
Gaze with me.
THE BODY SPEAKS
https://thelavendergaze.com/2017/03/the-body-speaks/
During the last three months I underwent three surgeries in my pubic area: fixing an inguinal hernia …
FEARING WHAT I WANT; WANTING WHAT I FEAR
https://thelavendergaze.com/2017/03/fearing-what-i-want-wanting-what-i-fear/
For years I’ve lived my life guided by the reins of safety. Security served as the north star …
I AM GAY
https://thelavendergaze.com/2017/04/i-am-gay/
I recently had a discussion with someone who told me that he doesn’t like using the word ‘gay’ because sexuality is fluid …
VALAR MORGHULIS
https://thelavendergaze.com/2017/01/valar-morghulis/
All men must die.
Such a fact of life,
we fervently neglect.
Out of sight,
out of mind ...
#DarkPoetry #Death #GayWriter #Life #Poems #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #ReflectionsOnLife #Existential #ExistentialQuestions
DO YOU LIKE S&M?
https://thelavendergaze.com/2017/01/do-you-like-sm/
S&M: sadism and masochism – two words that elicit a range of reactions from disgust and judgement to curiosity and excitement ...
#Abuse #BDSM #GayWriter #Guilt #Power #QueerMastodon #QueerWriters #ReflectionsOnLife #Religion #Writing #WritingCommunity #Sex #Sadism #Masochism
PAIN MUST AND WILL COME
https://thelavendergaze.com/2016/11/pain-must-and-will-come/
We try to avoid pain. We surround ourselves with comfort. We invest in our future ...
#Existential #ExistentialQuestions #GayWriter #Life #Pain #Philosophy #QueerMastodon #QueerWriters #ReflectionsOnLife #WritingCommunity #Writing
SMILE AT A STRANGER
https://thelavendergaze.com/2017/01/smile-at-a-stranger/
We crave connection. Yet, we live in a world that is so scared of it ...
#Connect #GayWriter #Life #QueerMastodon #QueerWriters #ReflectionsOnLife #VulnerableWriting #WritingCommunity
FACING THE HURRICANE
https://thelavendergaze.com/2016/11/facing-the-hurricane/
We are afraid of the unknown – a force so much bigger than we are and over which we have no control. We are afraid it will crush us, destroy us …
#Courage #Death #Existential #ExistentialQuestions #Fear #GayWriter #Life #QueerWriters #TheUnknown #Philosophy
FOR NOW
https://thelavendergaze.com/2009/04/for-now/
You chose to sail through stormy weather,
unchartered waters and raging seas.
You could run away
live life as many do:
as “normal” guys – ...
#ComingOut #Gay #GayLove #GayWriter #LGBTQ #LGBTQLove #LGBTQPoetry #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #Pride #Queer #QueerArtist #QueerLove #QueerMastodon #QueerPoetry #QueerWriters
NOWHERE
https://thelavendergaze.com/2025/07/nowhere/
Always seeking
never finding.
Always nowhere
never arriving ...
#DarkPoetry #Existential #GayWriter #Nowhere #Poems #Poetry #QueerArtist #QueerMastodon #QueerPoetry #QueerWriters #VulnerableWriting