(2014)
I cannot apologize For writing what I feel inside If it is hard to read It is harder to live I will understand
Beside you I am At peace Our love A connection
A fresh faced country girl Who pioneers on her bicycle Catches the eye Of a transplant from Houston Love begins through letters
My grandfather told my father when he proposed to my mother on one condition
¿Te fue mal el día? Me va mal también a mi Dos vidas entretejidas Irrevocablemente Te cargo a ti encima
I enjoy his company Riding shotgun Conversation No one to overhear Our inside jokes
I crave stability Neither wandering spirit Nor home-body Yes I’d love to travel But the foundation
I cannot divide My heart Into four pieces Equally Geometrically
I am a consumer Female Twenties I buy Cheap clothes and lattes
The news hit me Like a punch in the gut I threw up two times From the pain Knowing that I
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 co…
My sister’s cookies Chocolate chip Got my nephew to Say her name For the first time
Traffic Irritation becomes a nightmare As the lines start to squiggle Bending in and out And the world starts its attack
I find richness In the mixture In what others disdain Young people lost Between two cultures
I wallow in my sadness As it pools up It has not swallowed me Who floats above its surface This surface
