Whether or not we work directly with queer youth, we adult queers provide role models and beacons. An end-of-the-year prayer for all the femmes who have queer youth in their lives.
Creative forces, sweet golden light
Help me stay focused on the good work
The children are reaching out
They are losing their T-passes, wearing yesterday’s t-shirts
Perhaps they have had too much coffee today
And in their pockets are tear-stained bandanas
Arrange the energy so that my heart floats
heavy with passion in my chest
this one loves her mother so much
this one worries about his old father
and this one lets her sister sleep with her when the sister can take no more
They are not to be hindered by loutishness
they must be allowed to connect to those places
those places where diamonds gleam
buds are bursting forth
they must be able to provide
in all their colors and glory
what the world needs
and what makes all of us rejoice
Keep me marching forth
keep my eyes open
Let me not fail these children
Our children
Miasma will not overtake me
I offer up
I rejoice and demand
Please smile on me
your child, grown older
hold me steady
hold me close
let us all go forth
Every Monday, I will offer a Meditation for queer femmes, in the spirit of my maternal grandmother, Mimi, who was a fabulous straight femme, and from whom I inherited her Meditations for Women.
The Total Femme 