Manos fuertes No me sueltan De la cama Yo les digo Me tengo que ir
I told everyone About you The ugly beast Inside of me You can’t hide
A fresh faced country girl Who pioneers on her bicycle Catches the eye Of a transplant from Houston Love begins through letters
Traffic Irritation becomes a nightmare As the lines start to squiggle Bending in and out And the world starts its attack
I struggle to Keep it together Maxims and mottoes On repeat In my mind
Long and slender Her every movement Deliberate and graceful Composed as She listens quietly
Well-intentioned stranger Eyeing me limp through HEB Why would you ask If I stepped on a nail? How do you know
Algunos me gusta compartir Calientitos Justo cuando salgan del horno Que no se enfríe Por eso lo escribí
You might know her As blonde eyes Or as the sister who bakes cookies But you see I don’t write this
The ugliest shade Of green We envy The car The job
If I was in a beauty pageant My talent would be 'Lefty who writes upside-down’ Beside the contestant Who burps her ABC’s
Pretty and dainty Rich girl feet Meant to be Beside the pool They don’t like to work
Down to earth I am but of dust Dust particles I see floating in the air Carbon molecules
I don’t expect Diabetes education For the public But chances are You know one
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…