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Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

If I wasn't there

What if one day
I wasn’t there for you?
And you were left needing me
If I wasn’t there
When you woke up
Or when you went to sleep?
When you were hungry
Or needed a ride
I’m not mad at you
I’m sad at you
What if I wasn’t there?

(2014)

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I am unique

I am unique In so many ways But while variety excites What we look for Is our common thread
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The Sun of Texas

May sun is warm An old friend You have missed June sun Still smiles
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Subconscious friend

She is no longer Part of my life I’ve moved on My life is full With friends
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Cheerios

Uh-Oh! Cranky mood Throws a fit Over cereal Cheerios
She listens

Long and slender Her every movement Deliberate and graceful Composed as She listens quietly
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I want you

How do I Catch your interest? Once again I know You are bored with me
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Hamster Wheel

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

My poems are short Written at night In my head I wake at dawn Shake my memory
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The artist among us

To be a true artist Must they be recluses Crazy mad or sick Or even better dead Show me a healthy artist
Super-mom

You might know her As blonde eyes Or as the sister who bakes cookies But you see I don’t write this
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Chills & Thrills

I do not enjoy roller coasters I am not chicken But they say You just have to try it! So I do
70/30

I spend all my time Fighting with you In my head If we fought At least it would be
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Strong hands

Strong hands Hold me down To the bed I say to them I have to go
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Don't be sad

It’s not that I’m sad Though I am It’s not that I’m discouraged Though I am It soaks deeper
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Itus & Itis

Itus and Itis Crashed my party I didn’t invite them! I whisper to my sister They make my skin crawl
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