I leaned back into the round, purple cushion wedged into the arm of the couch. It had a flower with long yellow tentacle like petals that seemed to wrap around my ribcage and hold me.
For my birthday this year, 2024, I am coming out as gender non-binary. This is something I've been noodling around in my head since I was a child, but only recently have been able to form the concepts and language into something coherent that actually fits.
