(2015)
I’ve known Deep inside All along My value That I matter
A noisy restaurant Listen Focus Beyond the dishes The music
Hillary’s beautiful Rose Bumpy’s favorite princess My mini-me, my little lion Cute button nose Framed by red hair
My poems are short Written at night In my head I wake at dawn Shake my memory
This world is covered in bias It’s all over you It’s all over me too This world is covered in bias It shades our words
Traffic Irritation becomes a nightmare As the lines start to squiggle Bending in and out And the world starts its attack
The pine trees Reach up On both sides Of the road Telling me
Left on a leash Is no way to live He disappeared I like to imagine He’s running in a field
If you find someone That can do it Better than you Get them on your team
The whole world Aches and groans Do you feel her pain? The human in me Wants to heal mankind
Itus and Itis Crashed my party I didn’t invite them! I whisper to my sister They make my skin crawl
The more you treat me like a nag The more I become one I’m sorry if I micromanage Your clean clothes Your hot meals
Bags full of diapers Cars waiting in line Smell coming from the load Ashamed it was mine He noticed my insulin pump
The news hit me Like a punch in the gut I threw up two times From the pain Knowing that I
I am stronger Than you think I am I am weaker Than I look