How did you decide on Fern as your name? (if it't not too personal)
Well, my deadname meant fire in a different language, and since my last name means forest, it was kinda a fitting metaphor before pre-transition life. It was a forest fire, and nothing felt alive.
I will visit all the places we used to play
and run, and be free
there's a you-shaped shadow following me around like a phantom.
hanging on my back like a cloak
looking over me like an angel
looming over me like a storm cloud.