(2014)
#1TypeDiabetes
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…
Husband and wife Companions for life Mature love that deepens And mellows with time Life’s eroding winds
I don’t expect Diabetes education For the public But chances are You know one
My grandfather told my father when he proposed to my mother on one condition
I cannot divide My heart Into four pieces Equally Geometrically
To be a true artist Must they be recluses Crazy mad or sick Or even better dead Show me a healthy artist
I crave stability Neither wandering spirit Nor home-body Yes I’d love to travel But the foundation
I struggle to Keep it together Maxims and mottoes On repeat In my mind
We Are me and you Together Two hearts Two minds
The pressure inside Is building It comes out through my eyes I stop up the tears It comes out through my nose
It’s not that I’m sad Though I am It’s not that I’m discouraged Though I am It soaks deeper
I am unique In so many ways But while variety excites What we look for Is our common thread
A healthy pancreas Is like a transmission Seamlessly shifting gears In type 2 diabetics Wear and tear
By nature high-strung But I thought I was strong If not physically, emotionally For things to roll off my back Be mature and take the high road
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