Listening to you sleep, I’m in grace. Each breath a prayer. Every rustle a litany. You don’t know how loud you are

So stealthily I lead: Touching green, Seeing rocks below me. I’m gulping pride Because I know life is

You met me in the winter When I was a petal, Something you desperately wanted t… You loved me in the summer, Underneath the palm oil trees

There’s always a morning, But there’s the night, too. Every faith has a savior, But the devil always follows suit. There will be spring,

I feel so lonely. I want to die. Feeling like the only one on earth… My laughter is a lie. Laugh on, laugh on.

In the darkest night, A flower will grow.

I love John. I love when he cries. When he looks at me, I fly.

While I’m alone, He’s with her. While I’m crying, He’s kissing And rolling

In my house, You don’t ask questions. The whispers from mom and dad Signal you to a hiding place. In my house,

Moon up, Pants down. I said no. His body said yes.

A seagull carried me away one day And took me to a secret island hid… I laughed at the waves and splashe… I even wrote notes to go with a so… The seagull was leaving and waved…

Nobody wishes so Such as me To die quickly Or be mauled in Such a manner that

What if your face was a poem alone… I bet People would read it and cry, And some would feel inflated afte… Because they witnessed something

You don’t ask me to speak. You never expect my opinion. I was your second child In a runaway marriage. I suppose I loved you once,