Poems for diabetics
(2015)
Filler words Put me to sleep Added to cushion Take away my pillow Blunt words to wake up
I cannot apologize For writing what I feel inside If it is hard to read It is harder to live I will understand
A joke Lost in Translation You will Never
I am unique In so many ways But while variety excites What we look for Is our common thread
Destruction is fun But cannot be undone Smashed Trashed Crumpled
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
I look away Afraid to see Flicker of nerves In their eye A clench
Have you ever felt A hole inside of you Something dead inside Where your heart Is supposed to be?
Well-intentioned stranger Eyeing me limp through HEB Why would you ask If I stepped on a nail? How do you know
Ask any female Love Is in the details I love you Three greatest words
Stubbed toe Red light Ugly words Ugly mouth To shock
Springtime means Berry pickin’ In warm sun Therapeutic Part of me
She is no longer Part of my life I’ve moved on My life is full With friends
Clinical smells Polite strangers The only thing worse Than being here Is to not be able
My poems are short Written at night In my head I wake at dawn Shake my memory