A poem written by Fredapsychic in honor of Audre Lorde

Written and presented by Fredapsychic

My bladder seems a bit active today
I stand up for the sixth time to take a pee
I come back and sit close to her
She pulls me into her arms
I feel her warm embrace
I feel my guards coming down
I feel safe in her arms
We plant kisses on each other’s cheeks
As i browsed through the internet in search of lesbian hair styles
I had just loosened my hair
It was in a bun
I was simply searching for a simple hairstyle
When I came across a beautiful dark skinned woman
She looked so much like me
Her facial features was strikingly in resemblance with mine
I clicked on the link
It was Audre Lorde
I wondered, who is this woman?
I started to dig deep
She was lesbian
My interest was immediately sparked
A lesbian dark skinned woman
I dogged deeper
I found she was a LGBTQ activist and a poet
I resonated because i am also a poet
I don’t consider myself a LGBTQ activist but I speak on issues that has to do with the community
If that makes me a LGBTQ activist then so be it
Her poems were quite intriguing
Her mind so beautiful
I connected so much
I started to feel i was her
I felt like her reincarnation
I felt I was reborn into a new world but the same soul as hers
I searched for her old videos and the way she spoke
I started jumping in excitement
I couldn’t stop smiling
I felt so connected to every word she spoke
I was bedazzled by her beauty and brains
I learnt from her that silence does nothing
Learn to speak up even if your words are misunderstood
I’ve always been speaking my mind
I am not one to sugarcoat
I am selfish with her
I want her all to myself
She is dead but her words and works live on
Her soul lives in me
The way she moves her hands
I watched her last reading in Berlin
As she turned the pages of the book to read each page
All I noticed was the way her fingers turned the pages
I felt a current flow through me
Maybe I was turned on
The way she caressed pages of the book
Made me feel some type of way
The way she sat so confidently
The way her face was shaped
The way she looks at the camera and smiles
Everything about her got me intrigued
A queen I stan
A queen I stan