Growing up aspec, I found myself bored and confused when sitting through my school’s abstinence-based sex education unit.
Letting the Water Speak
I decided I would pursue medical transitioning after I walked for a few months along Lake Michigan’s shores at sunrise and sunset.
An Appeal to Venus
There you are, sprawled out on a love seat
(un)natural sweetness
This is not your world. This is not my world. Nobody’s heard of sex here. Why would they?
nurture
a friend has asked me once
who do I find beautiful,
so I said, “those that are natural”,
so I thought, “is it because I myself am not?”,
by some definition, myself, as late bloomer.
but under what sky does this matter, when the maples are
giving us their memory-sweet sap sooner than they ever did?
The Black Hole Where Your Heart Should Be
So you’ve discovered you’ve got a black hole where your heart should be.
landscape8
This piece represents a part of my journey in coming out as asexual...
Polyphemus, As Understood by the Aromantic/Asexual Individual
In my cave under the mountain, I sing odes / to Nobody,
Vol. 7, Issue 1: Intimacy
Vol. 7, Issue 1 of AZE focuses on the theme of intimacy.
Half of What You Think of Me
Someone has to leave first. This is a very old story. There is no other version of this story.
Intim-ace-y
Without boundaries, without expectations, without conformity.
Amorous to a Being that is Not
The need from your bones to mold right up against someone else’s
Bones that wouldn’t be mine anytime soon
CAROUSEL
We don't have to be their
beholders
or tenants
Just Friends
I'd rather call true love by its real name.
GIVE ME A TOUCH OF YOUR FINGERS ON MY SKIN (OR THE SUNBATHERS)
Give me an unforced
touch of your
fingers on
my skin.
Self-Intimacy & Asexual Platonic Commitments
Deep platonic relationships make up the core of my life.
the handiwork of mine
“It was wonderful to catch up
with you, my friend”
touch
Doesn’t mean my touch
can’t be just as much
tender.