Without my divine witnesses, who embrace me unconditionally, I'd be dead in every sense. Thank you for embracing me without stipulations. Thank you for every instance of pleasure, pain, joy, and despair. Thank you for allowing me, and encouraging me, to be my entire self.
Because of you, I am me.
Ryan Gipson II is a writer-filmmaker artist from Saint Louis, USA. He also is the co-founder of Five Dolla Cam, a community-arts grassroots organization.