(2014)
Hillary’s beautiful Rose Bumpy’s favorite princess My mini-me, my little lion Cute button nose Framed by red hair
Love is sincere Sincerely Wanting to connect Love makes you crazy Insanity that makes you fly
I would never choose To eat a granola bar Or peanut butter crackers Though I eat them All of the time
When I think of my mom I think of malt o meal muffins When I think of my dad Memories of a child Chasing us around the circle
A joke Lost in Translation You will Never
The news hit me Like a punch in the gut I threw up two times From the pain Knowing that I
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
This world is covered in bias It’s all over you It’s all over me too This world is covered in bias It shades our words
Inspirational quotes Are full of crap Whatever meaning Is lost In the sea
I had it all In my head And then I said Words I do not know which ones
My pump Constant companion Of my disease My sensor Resembles a feeding
My poems are short Written at night In my head I wake at dawn Shake my memory
How do you measure pain? All is relative and personal Even with one’s own self It is impossible to compare As memory distorts pain
He says I could never Get away with murder For I leave Pieces of me everywhere
I am sorry That I cannot be happier I know that I’d be prettier If I smiled If I could smile