(2014)
Love is sincere Sincerely Wanting to connect Love makes you crazy Insanity that makes you fly
I feel like crap Most days I have a lot going my way I am loved I can smile
A fresh faced country girl Who pioneers on her bicycle Catches the eye Of a transplant from Houston Love begins through letters
He says I could never Get away with murder For I leave Pieces of me everywhere
I cannot apologize For writing what I feel inside If it is hard to read It is harder to live I will understand
No pido disculpas Por escribir Lo que siento Lo que llevo adentro Lo que vivo
Don’t talk down to me I am not a child! Even children Deserve respect
I find richness In the mixture In what others disdain Young people lost Between two cultures
I love to hear poetry read Rather than performed I love to hear each word Appreciated Rather than memorized
Destruction is fun But cannot be undone Smashed Trashed Crumpled
The whole world Aches and groans Do you feel her pain? The human in me Wants to heal mankind
I look away Afraid to see Flicker of nerves In their eye A clench
Apathy and incompetence In healthcare A fax they didn’t send Prescriptions delayed Labs to do again
Scratchy plaid blanket Red with yellow stripes Hot and itchy underneath Claustrophobia strikes Purple and blue prisms
The human heart ...leaps and jumps ...races and sings ...sighs and groans The treacherous heart can