Faith is a choice we make on this Planet

by Lilia Marie Ellis

Unravel. The light you thought you see continues. Gaslit and rounded your feet are left to pace once left behind though it’s an ugly task it’s one to be completed. Hurt-soaked in my autumn I was swinging through waves of dulling orange (death pooled and lovely for children to dive into) and yes hand and hand I thought it lovely and almost it was (though cruelty is never lovely nor its faces). 

Joy is no calculation, no mere commodity. The best reason to trust remains: because you’d like to. I have many regrets and only some of them are people.

Lilia Marie Ellis is a trans woman poet from Houston. Her work has appeared in publications including trampset and The Nashville Review. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @LiliaMarieEllis!