this body never existed for your dick
my skin does not expect your desperate touch
a pussy built to feel warm desirable love
every femme is meant to be worshipped
and i will not be disrespected
lips waiting to be kissed
tasting of honey, the sweetest thing
my womb never intended to carry a life
a right hand forever without a ring
i won’t ever want to be someone’s wife
god didn’t create me
i did
Poem and image by djuna delker
djuna delker is a non-binary theatre director, writer, poet and
filmmaker as well as a founding member of the ‘terrorline’ arts
collective. They have worked at the Nationaltheater Weimar and
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, creating theatre plays starring
young adults about nationalism in Europe. Their directorial debut,
plan(et) b, will premiere in October 2019 in Karlsruhe. Drawing
inspiration from American poets like Eileen Myles or Allen Ginsberg,
surrealist photography, dadaist ideals, drag artists, contemporary pop
culture, nature and their own anger, they are also producing fictional
short films and documentaries and writing poetry about queer identity
and mental health.
