I looked for myself in retail therapy; And found myself in credit card debt. I looked for myself at the top of a mountain in Guatemala; And found myself struggling to ascend. I looked for…
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Pittsburgh
It’s confusing because I’m not angry. The blood of my people runs from veins into the street out of bullet holes and down the sidewalks, drained like sewage water which is just the way you…
She Committed Suicide
People would never get it, never understand why I mourn your death so deeply. They can’t grasp the magnitude of who you were to me. You were so much more than an acquaintance, than a…
Crushed Daisies
When you are so far apart from me Over the ocean, in a different time zone I think of you, keeping you alive In my head, in my world of daydreams I can almost see…
Ever Scrolling
Scrolling up and down Through and through Liking and loving all the way, Of the parties I didn’t know about Of the party I did know Because I invited myself in. I left after 15…
Detached From My Body
I see a body lying I see a body undressed I see a mind shut down I see a body trying to hide I see a body being touched I see a body being stroked…
Dear Ta And Ma, I Want Parents
I’m in bed with my sweet little sister sleeping beside me My mother wished me a good night My friends on the group chat are all enjoying the last joke I sent My older sister…
I Have Broken My Own Heart
I have broken my own heart, and sob bitter tears over the oh-so many pieces. Like a mosaic that is ill-fitted and rough, the gouging, grotesque shapes bare the signs of silent battle. Only she…