If I could make you smile Just once Sincerity From an appreciative heart It would make all of it worthwhile

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

The strings that attach me To this world Ground me Yes they sometimes Keep me from flying

It’s not that I’m sad Though I am It’s not that I’m discouraged Though I am It soaks deeper

Antisocial tendencies Amplified by sickness I can people watch Yet I can’t people talk I am lonely

Tomorrow Has not yet come It’s promises yet to be broken Tomorrow Is bigger

My sister’s cookies Chocolate chip Got my nephew to Say her name For the first time

Down to earth I am but of dust Dust particles I see floating in the air Carbon molecules

Traffic Irritation becomes a nightmare As the lines start to squiggle Bending in and out And the world starts its attack

A fresh faced country girl Who pioneers on her bicycle Catches the eye Of a transplant from Houston Love begins through letters