Dreamers Never Die

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July 1, 2022

Happy New Year!

I cheer

And sip a beer

Royal Queen

In a purple gown

I Dream

And Drown

In love

With myself

It feels like today

Is the day

When everything will

Change

After 30 days

Of Rainbow colors

Costumes, and friends

30 days

Swallowing a pain so bitter

And coughing up glitter

30 days

Snapping a picture

Writing a caption

“Vote Desmina De Vil”

The fierce Manic Drag Queen

“Vote Papá Chihuahua”

The depressed Trickster King

“Vote Nina”

The girl, the boy

Heartbroken and homeless

But enamored by the joy

Chasing dreams

Of winning the game

Of reigning

A Kingdom

Of light

A Kingdom

Where love balances

The dark night

A Kingdom

Where the shadows

The Spritely Spirits

Dance and Scream

Love and Sing

Laugh and Be

Free

Breathe

Into a glowing golden

Light

In their heart

Until it grows

And grows

Engulfs the whole

World

In Wild Wonder

And Magic

11:59 pm

July 1, 2022

At another drag show

In San Francisco

Yesternight’s lipstick

Smeared and still bright

Too lazy to dress

Campy or Classy

Body covered in

Baggy sweats

Cruella hair

Hidden in a cow scarf

From the thrift store

No attention today

Please

No glitter

Just Marijuana

To numb the pain

It’s a miracle

I dragged myself out of bed

But I had to see a new friend

The King Lotus Boy

And the Dreamers

Of the Night

“I hate you”

I think to myself

The rocky self-love

Of last month, last moment

Fleeting

Dying

Burning

"Dreamers never die”

The icon sings

I wake up

In a new Dream

Born again

Alive, I become

Huitzilopochtli

The Humminghood

Ready to fly

Ready to fight

Fierce warrior

Ready to Die

Sacrifice my life

To the sword

Of fame

Wake up

In a rainbow glitter

Dream again

<3 Nina