(2014)
How do you measure pain? All is relative and personal Even with one’s own self It is impossible to compare As memory distorts pain
We Are me and you Together Two hearts Two minds
To love reading Writing and words And not be able to Communicate Frustrated
Don’t talk down to me I am not a child! Even children Deserve respect
Are you ever tired Of just being you? Did you ever Want to be Someone new?
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…
I need to tell you How to survive With our disposition It’s okay to cry Maybe
I’m watching a woman in a bikini In great shape with a swollen bell… Play with her puppy named Gatsby A Hispanic family comes The little girl dips her feet in
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
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
The passive-aggressive Guilt trip Is a weak tool For your purpose The sensitive
Does the world need Another book? Another poem? I add one more to the pile To be left alone
Pretty and dainty Rich girl feet Meant to be Beside the pool They don’t like to work
Destruction is fun But cannot be undone Smashed Trashed Crumpled
My sister’s cookies Chocolate chip Got my nephew to Say her name For the first time