(2014)
The more you treat me like a nag The more I become one I’m sorry if I micromanage Your clean clothes Your hot meals
A conversation With a true friend Leaves your life richer Maybe with a laugh A smile on your face
My heart breaks A little each day For problems I can’t solve For things I can’t change All I can do is pray
I will be Forever in debt To my mother Any gift Would come up short
My pump Constant companion Of my disease My sensor Resembles a feeding
This world is covered in bias It’s all over you It’s all over me too This world is covered in bias It shades our words
Your pain is far away I hear it But I do not feel it Move closer Let me know you’re here to stay
If you find someone That can do it Better than you Get them on your team
To be genius means To not follow the rules You don’t have to I wish to be smart But not self-important
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
Well-intentioned stranger Eyeing me limp through HEB Why would you ask If I stepped on a nail? How do you know
Pragmatic me Doesn’t like this girl You can’t depend on her Too complex to understand She cries at the worst times
When the emotion comes up It feels like heartburn Like acid Clenching my throat My ears go watery
The ugliest shade Of green We envy The car The job
I look away Afraid to see Flicker of nerves In their eye A clench