"crosscurrent genesis" by metal femme

a genesis

created from the part

between lovers’ thighs

foaming warm red tide.

slow,

deliberate.

i see nebula

and liberation

between

transmigration.

my hands

have the gift of sight,

illuminating

caves.

they say ya rabb,

their back arches into a jeen.

all curves no straights

like the cross-current

of mathnawi and mariah carey.

- metal femme

about the artist: metal femme is a queer, trans/femme south asian artist from the diaspora researching and practicing decolonial aesthetics. metal femme is dedicated to uncovering and understanding collective diasporic trauma from biopolitical warfare while upturning (neo)colonial strife by centering healing, validating emotion, and killing trauma in all its forms.