(2014)
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 look away Afraid to see Flicker of nerves In their eye A clench
Love is sincere Sincerely Wanting to connect Love makes you crazy Insanity that makes you fly
I can feel it coming Decisions I can’t make Brain starts to freeze Fingers won’t work Sick of this disease
Destruction is fun But cannot be undone Smashed Trashed Crumpled
An idea In my head Falls flat On paper Read it
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
Well-intentioned stranger Eyeing me limp through HEB Why would you ask If I stepped on a nail? How do you know
Does the world need Another book? Another poem? I add one more to the pile To be left alone
I cannot apologize For writing what I feel inside If it is hard to read It is harder to live I will understand
Apathy and incompetence In healthcare A fax they didn’t send Prescriptions delayed Labs to do again
The ugliest shade Of green We envy The car The job
My parents always say We’re proud of you I am too I got out of bed I used to get so much done
Beside you I am At peace Our love A connection
When I think of my mom I think of malt o meal muffins When I think of my dad Memories of a child Chasing us around the circle