Tick…

Tock…

1:00 pm arrives,

The time I’m supposed to meet you

Is 30 minutes away.

It’s February 14th,

Valentine’s Day,

I’m counting down the seconds

Until I get to see

Your face.

15 minutes,

That’s what it takes me to get ready,

5 minutes,

That’s what it takes to buy the roses,

10 minutes

Until I get to see

Your face.

I get in my car

And drive to your house,

Roses on the passenger seat.

I s...

Note to self:

1. Be kind - show compassion not just to others but to yourself.

2. Be a better mother to yourself - treat yourself the way you would treat a loved one. Eat well and get the sleep you need. Remember, your body is temple, what you put into it, whether thoughts or food, your body will absorb.

3. Love thyself - learn to love who you are, nobody else has walked the miles you have o...

What teenager sits at the bottom of the stairs

Counting the shoes at the door,

Counting the scratches on the shelf?

Writing crappy poems because

_my english teacher said to try harder._

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 shoes.

11 pairs.

Counting to 22 does not fit with the _rhythm_

of what they call 'poetry',

but these numbers are _God._

I am the sum

of every rule book I have read,

and...

2 years

930 days

22,336 hours

1,340,216 minutes

80,413,047 seconds

Without you

———

(I miss you Poppop. ♥️ He and my Gran-mom would have been married 74 years today.)...

31 long years ago,

Inside a babies form,

In March of 1993,

A warrior was born.

No one knew it then, therefore,

No one was there to warn,

Her that the coming years would be,

A raging fucking storm.

Evil tried to take her down,

But no one bothered to tell,

These demons that this warrior,

Could raise all kinds of hell.

On the 19th of November,

2024

She went face-to-face with evil

And roc...

Oh, pickles, you sour little things,

With your briney taste that stings.

A rating of one, for you I despise,

Please stay away from my burger and fries.

Mean people, oh what a chore,

A two out of ten, you're such a bore.

From snarky comments to rude remarks,

I'd rather befriend a pack of hungry sharks.

Mouth breathers, a rating of three,

Your open mouths make me want to flee.

Can't you breathe th...

she’s known him for seven years—

they met as six year olds full of hate.

on her pillow, five mascara tears,

because she’s four years too late.

she thought three words would do the trick,

a simple “i love you”

a couple of teenagers, so lovesick

because they couldn’t face one truth.

***

seven petals on the floor—

only a few more to go

six years of wanting more and more

a five minute pity show

...

1 universal law,

2 sides to every story,

3 strikes and you’re out, mandatory

4 seasons each and every year,

5 senses which humans possess,

My 6th is stone, less fears between my ears

7 years ago I was going through the motions, a different person, wading in a directionless ocean

8 year old me would be in awe now, for that I’m certain

9 lives, haven’t used up all mine, clawing my way back so I can ...

All that you say

I remember

It is a weapon

Used against you

But I recall

Nothing at all

The moment

I oppose you

My mind is blank

My tongue is numb

The phone slips

I despise you

But at this time

I can’t say why

Or use my memory

To expose you

At least in my mind I told you....

One tear falls from my eye

Two people dance through my mind

Spinning off into a starry, starry sky

Lost to space I think of how blind

I was to fall so fast

I thought I was in love, but now it’s passed

And now I sit staring at the stars

And think of how what we had

Dissipated in feverish flight

One heart was broken

And two were swallowed by the night...