(2014)
Psoriasis
#Psoriasis
Dime ¿Qué es su lengua materna? Ni inglés Ni español Sus padres no hablan inglés
I crave stability Neither wandering spirit Nor home-body Yes I’d love to travel But the foundation
Que te cuentan un chiste Las palabras se traducen Pero el humor no se puede Por si no lo entiendes Ríete
If I could make you smile Just once Sincerity From an appreciative heart It would make all of it worthwhile
¿Te fue mal el día? Me va mal también a mi Dos vidas entretejidas Irrevocablemente Te cargo a ti encima
My sister’s cookies Chocolate chip Got my nephew to Say her name For the first time
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
I will be Forever in debt To my mother Any gift Would come up short
I find richness In the mixture In what others disdain Young people lost Between two cultures
Who’s the best? Ask my Daddy He’ll tell you Enthusiastically He always sees
The teenage rebels All fall in line Be they hippies Goths, rockers or skaters Moving from one mould
It’s not pretty When I cry People get almost as embarrassed as I
The whole world Aches and groans Do you feel her pain? The human in me Wants to heal mankind
When we are young we strive to be cool with our clothes and the way we move and our friends with swag as adults though our friends be co…
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