Haydock, Shana B2024-04-262026-09-012021-09September10.7275/24342677https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/23383z & s charts the story of Sophreen and Zehra, ostensibly two girls in love, who experience transnational migration together. Through the lens of their relationship, I explore themes of embodiment, survival, complicity, cultural erasure, and the complexity of abuse and trauma for multiply marginalized people. I use poems and visual art to portray the colliding worlds of feminized people as they navigate madness, psychosis, disability, and illness in the frame of desire.poetrymadnessdesiretraumaqueerCreative WritingDisability StudiesFeminist, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender StudiesPoetryThesis (Campus Access Only)https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4435-5415