god//dess

sparks from a fire fly through dark night air

this body never existed for your dick

my skin does not expect your desperate touch

a pussy built to feel warm desirable love

 

every femme is meant to be worshipped

and i will not be disrespected

lips waiting to be kissed

tasting of honey, the sweetest thing

 

my womb never intended to carry a life

a right hand forever without a ring

i won’t ever want to be someone’s wife

 

god didn’t create me

i did

 

 

Poem and image by djuna delker 


djuna delker is a non-binary theatre director, writer, poet and
filmmaker as well as a founding member of the ‘terrorline’ arts
collective. They have worked at the Nationaltheater Weimar and
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, creating theatre plays starring
young adults about nationalism in Europe. Their directorial debut,
plan(et) b, will premiere in October 2019 in Karlsruhe. Drawing
inspiration from American poets like Eileen Myles or Allen Ginsberg,
surrealist photography, dadaist ideals, drag artists, contemporary pop
culture, nature and their own anger, they are also producing fictional
short films and documentaries and writing poetry about queer identity
and mental health.

 

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