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Butter
In my Gram's kitchen,
behind the table,
there is a butter barrel.
One of those big wooden ones you would use in the 1950's.
5 summers ago,
my brother made butter in that barrel.
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hope
hope is a messy thing.
it destroys all forms of happiness.
but it lifts you up in your worst nightmares.
I wish I could say hope is for everyone.
but it isn't.
in time,
we evolved into
racist,
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Love v.s. love
i googled what love meant today.
i don't think anyone loves me.
wikipedia said that
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Food Is in the Air
The girl always sits right there at Table 5.
I am the boy who makes food without the order.
I have always been able to do it.
Know what people need to eat, I mean.
Sunny, for instance, lost his mother.
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My Secret
I have a secret.
I am not going to tell you my secret.
I have not told anyone my secret.
I will not tell anyone my secret.
I want to tell someone about my secret.
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the end of the end of the end
the world is ending.
I don't think i'm sad.
or mad.
or anything.
i'm just here.
existing.
in an ending world.
with the love of my life next to me.
with our child growing inside of me.
Loves
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I Am Beautiful
I’ve been told I’m not worth it
Am I really going to listen to the words of
Monsters who can’t see that I’m a human
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To be a teen
To be a teen
Is to lose your sense of self
Completely.
What is right?
What is wrong?
What is cool?
Why do some feel so drawn to popularity
While others are repulsed by it?
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the body still blames itself
If only i had smiled differently,
worn a different skirt, a longer one,
if i had stayed quiet, let him win,
shrunk smaller, been easier to touch,
been harder to hurt, laughed when i wanted to cry,
cried when i wanted to scream. -
to live is
to live is to see the sorrows of others
to long for the song of your mom
to stroke the head of your black dog
to live is to see the sorrows of others
to greet at the sound of your father’s feet
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It's enough to make a girl cry
I need to write so badly because all this anger and fear are sticking to my skin like an anxiety sweat
and yet I can't seem to make any phrases and stanzas that are understandable outside of my head
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