Bio
I whakapapa back to the Māori tribes Ngati Awa, Ngati Porou, Ngai Tuhoe, Ngati Paoa & Ngati Kahungungu ki Wairarapa. I am an indigenous queer poet from Aotearoa, New Zealand, and I thank you and appreciate you all for reading my work!
Maia Hills
i am not a wallflower
I refuse to be your display piece any longer.
The thing you use to start conversations
The one in the corner
who you once tried to silence
either by accident or on purpose.
The one you couldn't keep a secret for
who you manipulated
and hurt
The one who stands with you for everything
because god knows
nobody else would
I refuse to stay quiet and let you dictate
The things I should care for
The person I am
I am not a Wallflower.