0 divided by 0

am i your worst nightmare?
am i a threat to national security?
am i an enemy of the state?

if my truth is your lie,
if my facts are your misinformation,
if my kiss is your propaganda,
if my love is your extremism,
if my identity is your inciting violence,
if my peace is your destruction,
if my words is your terrorism

if your country is my sudden death
my tortured skin

i will destroy,
i will lie,
i will be violent
i will love,
i will kiss,
i will be who i am
and i will not be afraid to say it

you try to take my life that i don’t have
my freedom that i don’t have

my self that i don’t have

you turn me into zero and you divide me by zero
if you think i’m nothing, why are you paying so much attention to me?
go on, then
turn me into nothing
kill me to buy yourself some time

turn me into dust and forget about me
you won’t notice me coming back
you won’t see me burn it all
burn you all
and then we’ll kiss and love and sing
we’ll talk and we’ll dance
and we won’t pay attention to you

i am the enemy to your state
i am the threat to your security
i am your worst nightmare

Ro Vilvovskaya, they/them.