Happiness, di Laura Alaniz

Happiness

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 another

I’m taking it back but no longer remember

How to take care of it myself

I am numb, no longer aware

Yet somehow the pain still finds a way

I will no longer nag, I will no longer care

(2014)

My heart breaks A little each day For problems I can’t solve For things I can’t change All I can do is pray

I cannot apologize For writing what I feel inside If it is hard to read It is harder to live I will understand

Destruction is fun But cannot be undone Smashed Trashed Crumpled

If you find someone That can do it Better than you Get them on your team

If food is poetry The flavors The smells Singing in harmony Is poetry food?

I told everyone About you The ugly beast Inside of me You can’t hide

A conversation With a true friend Leaves your life richer Maybe with a laugh A smile on your face

No pido disculpas Por escribir Lo que siento Lo que llevo adentro Lo que vivo

The E’s squeak by The I’s are too excited The U’s come after Q But the A’s and the O’s They flow

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

No es solo la tristeza Aunque si lo estoy No es por el desanimo Aunque si me desanimo No es tan sencillo

Que te cuentan un chiste Las palabras se traducen Pero el humor no se puede Por si no lo entiendes Ríete

¿Te duele Cuándo piques tu dedo? No Lo hago por pura diversión Lo que duele

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

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