You and I my friends my lovers walking in step forward and back stumble and recover from dad and mom from ketamine and dreams fall down and rise but we don’t surrender we don’t retreat it isn’t easy it isn’t free but it’s beautiful if you believe. By- Shaleen Rakesh (Shaleen works as an activist on gay rights in New Delhi, India. When he is … Continue reading Just us two – Shaleen Rakesh
. (Photo Courtesy: Pinterest) You bit into the skin a picture of a blue sailboat now sailing across your morning and into my day this crude way of crossing that manages to convey both carefulness and carnality I take in the tone and texture of your burning flesh while your eyes remain wide unseeing soft wet sounds when you shower I cannot tear my gaze … Continue reading Blue skin – 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
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