Public Humiliation, di Laura Alaniz | poesie, saggi e racconti nel Poeticous

Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

Public Humiliation

I struggle to

Keep it together

Maxims and mottoes

On repeat

In my mind

Just keep on swimming

Counting and breathing

Breathing and counting

One word

Away from tears

Swallow it down

Blink it away

Hidden behind hair

I don’t want to see

Their embarrassment

When it’s truly mine

I don’t want to see

Their pity

Seeing me so low

They say that

You shouldn’t

It isn’t healthy

I only wish

I could bottle it all up

#Depression

Altre opere di Laura Alaniz...

Some I like to share Fresh out of the oven Don’t let it get cold That’s why I wrote it Emotions in that moment

I find richness In the mixture In what others disdain Young people lost Between two cultures

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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The nightwriter

My poems are short Written at night In my head I wake at dawn Shake my memory

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My objective is selfish Not to share or be heard To get it out and move on No one seems to hear my pain No one seems to feel my pain

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Driving standard

A healthy pancreas Is like a transmission Seamlessly shifting gears In type 2 diabetics Wear and tear

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

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A moment of luxury

Life is good A little luxury A cup of coffee Served with toast Consumed lazily

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

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

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Restless As I lay in bed Trying to fall asleep These are my clues I might be low

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Pump at the dump

Bags full of diapers Cars waiting in line Smell coming from the load Ashamed it was mine He noticed my insulin pump

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Arsenal of language

To love reading Writing and words And not be able to Communicate Frustrated

Inspirational quotes Are full of crap Whatever meaning Is lost In the sea

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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…