some people might know that my one main spiritual practice at the moment is burning pieces of paper with my hopes and intentions written on them. i started doing it for trans day of remembrance last year.
i see writing the hopes down as giving it a physical form, and burning it as scattering that hope to permeate into the world, in the form of ashes.
i burned four pieces of paper tonight. alone, in the cold using matches against concrete.
the first was for brianna ghey. i wrote her name out, and a couple phrases: "rest in power," and "trans solidarity forever."
i drew a little trans pride flag with highlighters, too.
and then i folded the square into an origami heart, and burned it.
rest easy, sis. we will free us, yet.