O psicólogo Carl Rogers falava que o sofrimento mental nasce quando há um abismo entre o eu real, que é quem eu sou, e o eu ideal, que é quem acho que eu deveria ser.

Thaís Oyama em Linhas Cruzadas, 05/03/2026 
Silence    the sound of  what happened
- Chase Berggrun
My imagination tinges everything with ill adventure
I suppose a cry clears the air    as other rain does

- Chase Berggrun
Time and distance trembled in my body
Chase Berggrun
The me within only me and me only
          is a difficult one
                 prediction-shy

Chase Berggrun
I am that bird wanting only a corner of ruins
Nadia Anjuman

Os românticos são vinculados a ruinas, à ideia do mundo em ruína, um mundo que acabou.
- Luiz Felipe Pondé



Places have thoughts
Tommy Pico
I don’t care
about cocaine
mixed with
sedatives. I care
about mourning
your long gone
smell. 

- Leila Quinn Ortiz
Yemaya, what is to become of us
I drag my body around lovingly but
it still won’t let me go

Nikki Wallschlaeger
It’s not easy dying
without dying. Before I ever took the pills
I took so much. So much was taken. I’m
done. I’m here. A fish thrown back
to the river can't help but swallow fistfuls
of self.

- Shira Erlichman
At what precise moment
did my brain tattle on itself?

Shira Erlichman
jchrist is queen by his solidarity with queers
- lucas de lima
Parallax
Rindon Johnson

the state of being apart
literally aparthood
My boyfriend is smarter than me
He’s writing a dissertation on fascination
He says queer doesn’t mean anything anymore
Too many people co-opting for heterosexual positions

Doug Paul Case