Aqui esta la version en Espanol:
https://lifeonthebpd.com/2022/01/10/arrancar/
to forget you would be a gift
from the universe
because holding space for you
in my memory
brings me great misery
Aqui esta la version en Espanol:
https://lifeonthebpd.com/2022/01/10/arrancar/
to forget you would be a gift
from the universe
because holding space for you
in my memory
brings me great misery
Here is the English Version of this poem:
https://lifeonthebpd.com/2021/11/03/poetry-tired-2/
Mis amigas son mi peor enemigas
Sacando a la luz todas mis inseguridades
y siento ansiedad que me trae insomnia
pensando si ellas tienen la razΓ³n
serΓ© en realidad una mujer suela?
serΓ© en realidad una madre negligente?
serΓ© en realidad una estupida,
por querer superarme?
y me convenzo que nunca
serΓ© suficiente para lo que se
espera de mi
y me siento deprimida
con esta realizaciΓ³n
y me quedo dormida
con un corazΓ³n lleno
de miseria toxica

Do you enjoy your job?
Itβs a moody Monday full of dread and adult angst
but to work I go even though I donβt want to
Iβm rather stay home creating new worlds
that bleed from my mind
in my sweats and sans bra
but bills need to be paid
so I put on appropriate attire to face
my Monday to Friday hostage situation
put on my customer service voice Iβve perfected
and turn on my fake positivity
all because my passion doesnβt pay the bills yet
but it’s okay, i say to myself
because this hostage situation
is temporary

Who are your favorite people to be around?
I met my first king at 17
when the nurse placed an alien like being in my arms
She was like βfeed himβand I was like βhow do I do that?β
What should I do with him?
Eventually I figured it out
I met my first king at 24
as a birthday present, just like me
he had to make a dramatic entrance
but it was love at first sight
No one could take him from my arms
I knew what to do
I met my third king at 30
He was a dream delivered
After a dream lost the previous year
He was planned, he was awaited, he was loved
He was welcome by everyone
with him, I felt a completion of love
I wrote this poem in February of 2022.

When darkness comes in and my sadness sets in
it covers me and I canβt see the point of it all
And then I hear a knock and itβs my son
And I remember, today heβs my lifeβs purpose
I need to get up and face another dreadful day
My child needs food and shelter
I canβt let my depression win
Iβm a mother first
My darkness will have to be martyred
Remembering over and over again
on days like today my childβs presence
makes my bad days worth living
Have you ever broken the law and didn’t get caught, if so how?

I wrote this in December of 2021.

At 40, I feel like the ultimate Queen
after losing layers and layers of my princess skin
The broken princess I had to beat
to finally feel enough and complete
Friends and men full of duplicity
Have no place in my world of authenticity
I no longer wear my crown of guilt and shame
It caused me too much emotional pain
Instead I wear a crown of confidence and power
being true to myself is my superpower
Fuck anyone who thinks Iβm too much or not enough
You assholes were never deserving of my love
I am the ultimate Queen
and Iβm finally making myself seen
Here is a link to the English Version of this poem:
https://lifeonthebpd.com/2022/10/31/happy-halloween-whats-scarier-than-a-regular-bitch/
Cometiste un gran error
que me rompiΓ³ en mil pedazos
antes estaba llena de ternura
ahora busco venganza
mis palabras se convertirΓ‘n
en espadas aguda de furia
Gritando como tus mentiras
jodieron mi mente y mi vida
Me dices que deberΓa olvidarlo todo
CariΓ±o, debes acostumbrarte
tu y esa rompieron mi cordura
ahora deben enfrentar las consecuencias
Estuviste mal en traicionar a una chingona bilingΓΌe
Te matare en espaΓ±ol y en inglΓ©s
I wrote this in 2008 in my creative writing class. I actually hated that class because I didn’t fit in. It’s a long story for a blog post at a later time.

Β
I donβt want to be
a style ,a genre
a multicultural read
with scattered Spanish
in my text
that is interpreted
as Chica or Latina lit
-NO!-
I refuse to be a mere category
Or a trend or a fad
When there is a much bigger message
Than the stereotypes
people want to imply
Β
I wrote this in 2017 during my great depression.

The sun is shining
Everything is green and bright
And yet winter feels eternal
In my heart
The blackness that is my sadness
Seems to seep and ooze everywhere
Inside of me
Is this what true loneliness feels like?
Will I ever get rid of what feels like
my forever depression?
Or do I just learn to live
with the elephant that
lives on my chest?
That I try desperate not to awake
Writing, exercise, friends, tv-
Everything to keep it calm
But no matter what
The elephant always seems
To wake up
Here is the English version of this poem:
https://lifeonthebpd.com/?p=4784
Fue el destino cruel
hacerte cruzar la lΓnea
Entre amor y odio
Fuistes una desperdicia de tiempo
Nunca sabras
lo bueno que pudimos ser
tu amor era solo una pantalla de humo
Hasta pensaba que tenΓamos
Para siempre
QuerΓa creer que tu eras un amor verdadero
pero tu eras otro βlo que seaβ
Y yo fui otra falda
No hay nada mΓ‘s que decir
es tiempo de olvidar todo lo que fuimos
o pudimos ser
For the English Version of this poem, click link below:
https://lifeonthebpd.com/2021/11/19/poetry-i-thought/
Fuistes otro amor falso
otro lleno de perfidio
pretendiendo tener buenas intenciones
me causaste una desconfianza profunda
Espinas de odio crecieron en mi
aprendiendo que era otra falda mΓ‘s
fue una verdad difΓcil de tragar
Ahora gritarΓ© todo mi miseria y rencor

Here is the English Version of this poem:
https://lifeonthebpd.com/2021/11/30/poetry-pride/
Nunca sabrΓ‘s del dolor
Que sentΓ por tu abandono
nunca veras
las lagrimas que llore por ti
nunca descubrirΓ‘s
como me llenaste con agonΓa
Porque soy demasiado orgullosa
para admitir que fui una babosa
Por que tengo demasiada dignidad
para estar llena de miseria por tu culpa
Por tengo demasiado respeto
Para convertirme en un desastre
Here is the English Version of this poem:
Poetry: So You
Lo siento por ti
piensas que has ganado
pero serΓ‘s otra mujer usada
crees que te ama
pero es una de sus mentiras
piensas que el es tu prΓncipe azul
pero tu dignidad parara en el suelo
tienes un canalla y mentiroso a tu lado
que te dejarΓ‘ con un mal sabor en tu boca
no digo esto porque te tengo envidia
es una advertencia
para que no acabes como mi
otra de sus muchas mujeres
que el trate como una muΓ±eca de trapo