Words by Maii
I write about anxiety, identity, survival, and the thoughts we’re usually too afraid to say out loud. About the mess inside my head, the people I’ve loved, and the person I’m still becoming. For anyone who has ever wondered if they were the only one who felt this much—and what it means to keep staying.
Queer & Trans Life • Survival • Anxiety • Mental Health • Being Human • Identity • Intimacy • Discovery
About Maii
Maii Michaella Miatti Fallara is a Montréal-based writer, essayist, author, and multidisciplinary artist. A Black trans woman writing from lived experience, she explores anxiety, mental health, identity, family, relationships, survival, queerness, and the strange emotional mess of becoming yourself. Her debut book, I Wanted to Die, But My Mom Called!, marked the beginning of a much larger writing journey.
I write because silence has a way of convincing us that our strangest thoughts belong only to us. So I put mine on the page—the anxiety, the shame, the people I’ve loved, the versions of myself I’ve lost, and the person I’m still becoming. Not to give anyone answers, but to leave behind proof that someone else has been here too.
Selected Writings
Visual Echoes
Exploring the intersection of literature and the visual arts. These works are curated to reflect the emotional landscapes and internal dialogues found within the pages of Maii's debut book "I Wanted To Die but My Mom Called!".
Speak your heart,
find your echo.
Lets collaborate,
work/dream and create ↓
If you want a little more from Words by Maii:
For direct inquiries, collaborations, commissions, or simply a shared silence, write to me at hello@wordsbymaii.ca < Click there.
I also create personalized one-page poems for people who need a little language to hold onto through heartbreak, anxiety, grief, change, healing, or a new beginning.
Each poem is written specifically for you and is $20.
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