Leo in Bloom Magazine

See that house? Right on the daisy covered hill? That’s ours. Ours as in this home belongs to no
one and everyone. Ours as in this adoration contains dirt and spit. Ours as in we were promised a
life beyond trauma. Ours as in it took every piece of our strength to build this home. A table out
of old spaceships. Blueberry pies lined up on the counter. The door is always unlocked. Praise
the singing always floating around the kitchen. Praise the friends sprawled out in the living
room. Praise how their joy blooms in the garden. Praise the homes we build together with the
scraps we're given. Praise the ways we hold each other as the stars crash down. Praise how the
glistening bodies spill in.

ABOUT LIOR HARDIN

Lior Hardin is a multiply disciplined artist and disability justice advocate. They live in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Lior. has performed in a large variety of shows including Gender Unbound Arts Festival, Patrick’s Cabaret and the Walker’s MN Artists Presents. They founded a literary journal dedicated to non-speaking and semi-speaking disabled writers called Explicit Literary Journal. They work as an accessibility consultant. They have work published in Crab Fat Magazine, Iris Literary Journal, and Rogue Agent among others. They wholeheartedly believe that dragons are real.