Lesbian Euphoria
Asemahle Mgayi
Poetry
Originally Published: 10 July 2026
Just Friends
— Sharing its title with the cover of the same name by Sasha Keable.
I lust after women
Imagine how soft our first embrace will be
I write poems from singular encounters
Imagine what my nectar will taste like from her lips
I dream of my mouth being her seat
Her name being known by all my friends
And all our neighbours
I hold space for her drunk calls
And flow into the chemistry of another by nightfall
I am lover of women
And severely lust after them
I want a land of lovers
Who overflow at the sight or thought of me at the nape of their necks
And look up in glee from between my legs to catch my eye as I climax
Before I make her legs shake
As I refuse to unbury my face from between those thighs
Turning my mouth into a church I never want to leave
All Over You
— Titled after “all over u” by Rowena Fysx
I didn’t want to let go
and felt you didn’t want to either
Your eyes met me to ask if I am okay then to ask if I was leaving already
One last touch before you left that felt as electric as the first
If I say I want you
Will it feel like our touch
welcomed and sensual
Or will the tune climax
and the dance halt
If only I could say something as sensual as our touch
Intimacy
Younger me didn’t know we could be this free
Surrounded by women
Cross-faded and tipsy
Sending sweet nothings to a girl I’ve been speaking to for some time
While ensuring that the ethereal beauty I saw across the room
knows her beauty stopped me in my tracks
Catching the whines of women
Who cause me to thank God
for creating music
and dance floors
and me
Makes me want to build an altar
where I may worship women
Have my baby bi self in the front row
Seated next to my non-binary lesbian self
Showing them that this is divinity
Legacy in ways I never thought it could be
Thanking DJs for their sets
As this frequency of joy and acceptance transcends this room
Transporting us through House from underground clubs in Chicago, to Afrobeats
powered by Lagos before taking us on a transatlantic hiphop journey to NYC
Pausing throughout the night to take this all in
For I couldn’t imagine that this would be my life
That I would feel this good about an identity
I once deeply shamed myself for
About the Poems
Lesbian Euphoria is a collection of three lyrical poems that together form an intimate meditation on queer non-men’s desire, embodiment, and self-acceptance, written from the perspective of a Black non-binary lesbian poet.
“Just Friends” is an unapologetically erotic piece that celebrates the poet’s lust for women through sensory richness and spiritual language, with the body becoming a sacred space.
“All Over You” is a fleeting encounter held carefully in memory, where a single charged touch opens into longing and the fear that naming desire might shatter it.
“Intimacy” is a scene of communal queer joy on a dance floor that becomes almost liturgical. The poet witnesses their younger, shame-filled self and offers them proof—through music, movement, women, and belonging—that this identity is not something to grieve but something divine. Through the poem’s geographical arc (Chicago, Lagos, New York), the poet roots their personal liberation within a global Black cultural inheritance.
Together, these three poems move from lust to longing to liberation, charting a journey toward a self that is fully seen and no longer ashamed. The intertextual anchoring to songs by Sasha Keable and Rowena Fysx signals that this queer joy exists in conversation with a broader artistic community that holds and reflects it back.
The Creative
ASEMAHLE MGAYI
Asemahle Mgayi was born in East London and raised in Johannesburg. They are a recent graduate of the Methodist University with a Bachelor of Science Degree majoring in Political Science and minoring in Legal Studies. They write poetry which spans their young adult years dealing with pertinent events and recurring themes in their life. In 2022, they came in 1st place at the Methodist University Talent Show. In the same year, their poem won 1st place for the Dr. Sue L. Kimball Creative Writing Competition. In 2023, they came in 2nd place at the Methodist University Talent Show.