The sky, my mom’s eyes, my brother’s eyes
my favourite soft flowy dress with steel blue flowers
my light blue lipstick, the punk album Transgender Dysphoria Blues
my ex-boyfriend’s eyes, his favourite colour, the ocean
I want to live in this blue world
the deep blue of the sky at twilight
my favourite Against Me! Album
the navy blue of my eyes, my dad’s eyes.
I don’t get the blues,
I get the greys.
I can look up
or in a mirror
on my phone screen
and smile.
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Tyler R. Harris is a blind queer woman from Dundas, Ontario, Canada. She holds an undergrad and a Masters in History from McMaster University and a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Gloucestershire. She attended the Humber School for Writers where she worked on her memoir, “Something Someday,” with Canadian author Diane Schomperlan. She is currently doing her PhD in Poetry at the University of Gloucestershire — examining sexual awakenings from the perspective of a blind woman in a collection called “Read My Body Like Braille.” Her work has appeared in the University of Gloucestershire anthology “Unbreakable,” in Arc Poetry Magazine and on the Swim Press blog.
