(2015)
Didn’t they know that people cared? That they were loved? Why didn’t someone tell them?
Does the world need Another book? Another poem? I add one more to the pile To be left alone
We Are me and you Together Two hearts Two minds
I cannot let you hold my happiness For your hand to caress or to drop It is not healthy It is not safe For your happiness to depend on an… I’m taking it back but no longer r…
Hospitality To love a stranger It need not be much For one who has little Will appreciate it
I cannot divide My heart Into four pieces Equally Geometrically
My poems are short Written at night In my head I wake at dawn Shake my memory
Yo te amo Tres palabras Que solucionen todo Para la mujer Tan complicada
She is no longer Part of my life I’ve moved on My life is full With friends
If I could draw a tree In all it’s complexity Would you be impressed? If I could draw a human face It would be but a trace
Dime ¿Qué es su lengua materna? Ni inglés Ni español Sus padres no hablan inglés
The medication is not me But neither is the sickness it tre… You may hear its effects In my voice In my opinions
Scratchy plaid blanket Red with yellow stripes Hot and itchy underneath Claustrophobia strikes Purple and blue prisms
Your pain is far away I hear it But I do not feel it Move closer Let me know you’re here to stay
The pine trees Reach up On both sides Of the road Telling me
