(2014)
My pump Constant companion Of my disease My sensor Resembles a feeding
The whole world Aches and groans Do you feel her pain? The human in me Wants to heal mankind
Pragmatic me Doesn’t like this girl You can’t depend on her Too complex to understand She cries at the worst times
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…
Springtime means Berry pickin’ In warm sun Therapeutic Part of me
I love to hear poetry read Rather than performed I love to hear each word Appreciated Rather than memorized
When the emotion comes up It feels like heartburn Like acid Clenching my throat My ears go watery
Are you ever tired Of just being you? Did you ever Want to be Someone new?
Why can’t I choose to be somewhere in the middle? Surrounded by extremes Measure everything With a grain of salt
Don’t talk down to me I am not a child! Even children Deserve respect
We Are me and you Together Two hearts Two minds
My parents always say We’re proud of you I am too I got out of bed I used to get so much done
The teenage rebels All fall in line Be they hippies Goths, rockers or skaters Moving from one mould
Good secret Bubbles inside Let me out Bad secret Indigestion
What if one day I wasn’t there for you? And you were left needing me If I wasn’t there When you woke up