Sam said, “Get over it.” As if I could Just climb a tree. Sam said,

She looked like innocence And felt like sin And died like grace And fell like a bird And fell like a bird

If I should die before I wake, don’t cry, For that was what I always wanted…

Courage was not letting your broth… But preferring to die From their snide remarks Which shadow prejudice’s unkind da… What happened when they grew up?

My mother is the darkness inside m… She planted the seed That grew into brambles, And now, I can’t be loud Because she makes me so

I am a plummeting plane. I see the clouds go past, And I close my eyes, sometimes, But I still feel where I’m going. Sometimes, I feel that

Flurries in India: Nothing’s impossible If life is a string Pulling me along.

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,

I often cajole myself Into crying, But I refrain. I know I’ll never stop.

Winter is getting worse. Is there no justice In my punishment Brought about by my peers? I yearn to burrow in warm dirt

Then he said, “I never said I was… Then I said, “I never asked you t… Then we kissed.

With him, It’s like there were no scars. There are no sheepish looks No burning shame. There was no John

He helps her with her blush. She’s surging red, Velvet and soft like a rose. Her mouth’s gone dry With his wind.

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

This feeling Makes me want to bless my friends… And find redemption in death. I want to stand in the rain 'Til my bones shake apart