“light beam”, the seventh installment of a multi-part nude series, is an exploration of freedom/captivity through submission.

“there is no such thing as liberty. you can only change one sort of domination for another. all we can do is choose our master.”

lost souls (at sea)

my first time in a queer bar

i was everything but

or so i said aloud

lost souls

(at sea)

have drowned out

my sexual license

since the hour i rallied

the courage to crawl

from between my mother’s legs

lost souls

(at sea)

shove shattered compasses

down my throat

and command me

to hold my breath

deep cut their tongues, but

never deep enough

akin the finest of glass

against the shiniest of steel

lost souls

(at sea)

trapped in caskets

shaped like submarines

equipped with tongues

fine enough to scratch

but never fine enough

to penetrate