(Photo courtesy: Pinterest) Feverish with youth still full of lust for the aftershave on his neck I met a boy he was beautiful all his demons displayed openly as fading scars he had a ruinous heart only attracted boys who tended to disappear into the loneliness of the night he loved me very much in a way I could not understand. July 2013: heineken lite … Continue reading A memory of summer – Shaleen Rakesh
(Photo Courtesy Shaleen Rakesh) As you shut the door a soft wash of sunlight sweeps across your brown skin you stand in front of me looking ahead, as the blue fades from the sky and I can imagine last night your fingers on my neck bold but then a little shy this is new I promise to try if you’d let me but before that … Continue reading A little soft, A little bold – Shaleen Rakesh
What demons hold her tongue as she dances around her girlfriends’ questions? with her arms branching out in the shadows, only her nervous laughter and soft whisper is heard is it her fear to ask, to reject, to hurt or to give? or is it just her? she is gentle kisses and soft bites but no words just shame curled up inside her gut she … Continue reading The Kiss of the Spider-woman – Shaleen Rakesh
Scared of Feeling Lonely I came across this article, titled “women in same sex relationship a fearful lot”. To put it in plain language: the title sucks! I decided to read on. I agree with my fellow activists that women loving women do become victims of domestic violence. Yes it is true that many times, women in relationships and FtM trans-persons living with their girlfriends/wives … Continue reading The Hopeless Optimist – or the Art of Finding Something Positive in Everything – Maya
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