(2014)
When the emotion comes up It feels like heartburn Like acid Clenching my throat My ears go watery
I spend all my time Fighting with you In my head If we fought At least it would be
The passive-aggressive Guilt trip Is a weak tool For your purpose The sensitive
I cannot let you hold my happiness For your hand to caress or to drop It is not healthy It is not safe For your happiness to depend on an… I’m taking it back but no longer r…
An idea In my head Falls flat On paper Read it
If I was in a beauty pageant My talent would be 'Lefty who writes upside-down’ Beside the contestant Who burps her ABC’s
The pressure inside Is building It comes out through my eyes I stop up the tears It comes out through my nose
I do not enjoy roller coasters I am not chicken But they say You just have to try it! So I do
I am unique In so many ways But while variety excites What we look for Is our common thread
My grandfather told my father when he proposed to my mother on one condition
Antisocial tendencies Amplified by sickness I can people watch Yet I can’t people talk I am lonely
Didn’t they know that people cared? That they were loved? Why didn’t someone tell them?
Nothing makes people flee Like reading them poetry They value it in theory But please don’t make them read Surprise me with your verse
A joke Lost in Translation You will Never
How do I Catch your interest? Once again I know You are bored with me