Art by Yuriy Vertikov
Exhale.
erupt in a breath that is yours
let chaos reign in a world
that has always been silent
about your pain.
Be
Too
Much
Too much
body
too much
voice
too much
anger.
For a person who has never been enough,
do not lament
the compliment
of being called
too much.
Let it all crash down.
so that you can rebuild.
We can rebuild
a world
where we can finally
speak.
Kym Nacita always longs for her home in the Philippines but currently lives on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kma’ki People (Nova Scotia). She is a fat femme monster poet who divides her time between dreaming of better futures, watching bad horror movies, and finding the perfect shade of lipstick to scare unwanted visitors. She is slowly returning to poetry to explore themes of survival and connection.