‘you, who are the most cherished and loved by me’ by Shepard DiStasio

you, who are the most cherished and loved by me

allow me
inside.

i want to know

the taste
of your bones.

i want to feel

at home.

Shepard DiStasio (he/they) is a trans, disabled, and Muslim writer based in New York. He is a Swarthout Award winner in poetry, a Lux Creative Poetry winner, and his debut fiction novel, Veil Us in Gold, was an indie ink awards finalist. They have poetry in DOG TEETH, Wasteland Review, Lux Creative Review, Reverent: An Anthology, and a poetic translation in HFR’s Thousand Languages Project. They are represented by Kirsten Lang at Zeno Literary Agency.