Cool, di Laura Alaniz

Cool

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 cool

the qualities most endearing

are glimpses of the inner dork

comfortable, sincere and real

mean more than cool

(2014)

#Cool

I feel like crap Most days I have a lot going my way I am loved I can smile

Beautiful legs The right shape and curve Olive color without the green That tans and doesn’t burn Until you see

I can feel it coming Decisions I can’t make Brain starts to freeze Fingers won’t work Sick of this disease

I know it’s for the best But it still hurts Hearing mothers complain For what I would give anything fo… My husband says no

Que te cuentan un chiste Las palabras se traducen Pero el humor no se puede Por si no lo entiendes Ríete

I will be Forever in debt To my mother Any gift Would come up short

Apathy and incompetence In healthcare A fax they didn’t send Prescriptions delayed Labs to do again

We Are me and you Together Two hearts Two minds

Are you ever tired Of just being you? Did you ever Want to be Someone new?

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

Don’t talk down to me I am not a child! Even children Deserve respect

Nothing makes people flee Like reading them poetry They value it in theory But please don’t make them read Surprise me with your verse

Clinical smells Polite strangers The only thing worse Than being here Is to not be able

Didn’t they know that people cared? That they were loved? Why didn’t someone tell them?

It’s not pretty When I cry People get almost as embarrassed as I