I am the subject,
Not the object,
In this picture;
In any picture.
I am someone
who desires,
I am not
something desired.
In this moment,
and every moment.
I hold my desire.
My desire does not hold me.
Your desire does not hold me.
I own my body.
My body does not own me.
You do not own my body.
I owe my desire
because I owe my body.
I trust my desire
because I trust my body.
Desire is my body’s way
of leading me back to me.
My body.
My reality.
~ Samirah the Sapphic Siren
From my debut poetry book SIREN'S DESIRE
Samirah the Sapphic Siren
Genre: Poetry
Date of Publication: May 2022
Number of pages: 122
Word Count: 7K
Cover Artist: Ahrabi Raj and Samirah the Sapphic Siren
Tagline: I am not something desired. I am someone who desires.
Book Description:
How do you leverage desire as power when navigating desire comes with navigating colorism and desirability?
Samirah the Sapphic Siren’s poetry deals with that conflict directly then transforms ser societal reality through nature and the other worldly.
CONTENT WARNINGS: Colorism, Patriarchy, Rape. Trauma is not detailed with extreme depth or explicitness, but Samirah does express raw anger and hurt after dealing with them. This is about transforming trauma into anger, and then reconnecting with personal desire. This is not trauma porn.
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Samirah the Sapphic Siren (se/sem/ser) is a nonblack brown skinned Tamil siren who is usually perceived as a woman. For sem, navigating desire comes with navigating colorism, patriarchy, and desirability. Ser poetry deals with that directly then transforms ser societal reality through nature and the other worldly. Se is @theSapphicSiren on instagram and sapphic_siren on twitter.
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