my literal thoughts and prayers
ABOUT ME
I’m human. I know it. I’m constantly trying to show it.
John is an interdisciplinary thinker and writer who discusses queerness, faith, art, oppression, and the randomness of life.
LATEST THOUGHTS
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Prayer Request #13
a pleading prayer Oh, God We need you now more than everIt is not that atrocities of the world are more than they were yesterdayWe know that they have existed in the past, And unfortunately, they… Read more
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Encountering an ancestor #9
it’s a hot sticky day, the kind that makes it feel like water is in your lungs because the humidity is so high. I twirl in wide circles in the dirt driveway of my grandma’s… Read more
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thoughts on community
sometimes I daydream about who’d I be if I didn’t need peoplebut the truth is I long for human connectionfor someone to tell me I’m pretty without me promptingfor inside jokes and sentences that start… Read more
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