I wallow in my sadness As it pools up It has not swallowed me Who floats above its surface This surface

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

Her fingernails Natural Long Pointed On fingers

Scratchy plaid blanket Red with yellow stripes Hot and itchy underneath Claustrophobia strikes Purple and blue prisms

May sun is warm An old friend You have missed June sun Still smiles

Is there anyone worse than a denti… A dental surgeon I think as I sit alone Battling my nerves As I listen to the patient next d…

Itus and Itis Crashed my party I didn’t invite them! I whisper to my sister They make my skin crawl

Left on a leash Is no way to live He disappeared I like to imagine He’s running in a field

A palomino gallops Beside the highway Look out the window Rides over green hills Through yellow flowers

He says I could never Get away with murder For I leave Pieces of me everywhere

I love to hear poetry read Rather than performed I love to hear each word Appreciated Rather than memorized

My objective is selfish Not to share or be heard To get it out and move on No one seems to hear my pain No one seems to feel my pain