(2014)
Tomorrow Has not yet come It’s promises yet to be broken Tomorrow Is bigger
My grandfather told my father when he proposed to my mother on one condition
Scratchy plaid blanket Red with yellow stripes Hot and itchy underneath Claustrophobia strikes Purple and blue prisms
How can I write how I feel When what I feel is nothing? How can I tell you what I need, What is wrong? When what is wrong
Down to earth I am but of dust Dust particles I see floating in the air Carbon molecules
No pido disculpas Por escribir Lo que siento Lo que llevo adentro Lo que vivo
Bags full of diapers Cars waiting in line Smell coming from the load Ashamed it was mine He noticed my insulin pump
Husband and wife Companions for life Mature love that deepens And mellows with time Life’s eroding winds
My pump Constant companion Of my disease My sensor Resembles a feeding
Don’t talk down to me I am not a child! Even children Deserve respect
Itus and Itis Crashed my party I didn’t invite them! I whisper to my sister They make my skin crawl
I wallow in my sadness As it pools up It has not swallowed me Who floats above its surface This surface
The pressure inside Is building It comes out through my eyes I stop up the tears It comes out through my nose
The news hit me Like a punch in the gut I threw up two times From the pain Knowing that I
Hillary’s beautiful Rose Bumpy’s favorite princess My mini-me, my little lion Cute button nose Framed by red hair