
Poem of the Day: Control


Escribi este poema pensando como seria si me encontraba con Lucas de nuevo.

Tantas veces que yo sonΓ©
con volverte a ver
Y ahora que estΓ‘s aquΓ
ya no sΓ© quΓ© decir
ni cΓ³mo actuar
no se la diferencia
si esto es una fantasΓa
o una dulce realidad
Lo ΓΊnico que se
es que esta vez
No voy a soltar
esta milagrosa oportunidad
de volverte a conocer
Y amarte otra vez

I wrote this in February of 2004 after my car accident after I was feeling lost and deep sense of despair and worthlessness. It was a trauma that would affect me for many years to come. I’ll tell the story of the accident one day when I’m ready to.

Last week I was where I needed to be
Today I am lost again with no sense of who I am
Or where I want to go
They tell me Iβm a mother, daughter, coworker,
Student, sister, and girlfriend
But I donβt seem be right fit into any of those roles
So can somebody instruct me
on how to get to where I once was
Or more importantly on how to be happy just to be me


I wrote this shortly in February of 2004 shortly after my car accident. I was feeling so much depression and anxiety because of it.

I feel so lost
without sense of direction
So many feelings of frustration
over my lifeβs woes
Feelings of rejection
by the ones who once loved me
Feelings of anger
for never doing anything right
Where can I find the shining light
that I desperately seek?

Escribi este poema en Marzo de 2003 cuando estuve visitando Hawaii y pensaba en mi pasado.

Estoy en el mismo lugar
donde era una adolecente inmadura,
Impulsiva, e insegura
pero ahora soy otra
Una que piensa antes de arriesgar
una que mirar antes de pisar
Una que trata de olvidar
Antes de contemplar todo
lo que no fue de su vida

I wrote this poem in January of 2004 when I was frustrated with Matt and blamed him for my life going awry. Looking back, it was misplaced blame on a situation that only I had control over. At the time, it was much easier to blame Matt rather than take a look at myself and how I was responsible for the mess I made of my life.

Dear son
How do I stop
from feeling all of this resentment and anger
at the deadbeat who calls himself your dad?
Dear son
Will I ever feel better
about our almost dead-end situation
your dad has put us in?
Dear son
Will you ever forgive me
for not having everything
someone as wonderful as you should have?
Dear son
Can you show me where to
find a glimmer of hope
and that without him
both of us will be alright?


I wrote this in January of 2004 when things were good with my husband but I was already having lots of anxiety about our relationship.

Why couldnβt he see
that him and I were meant to be?
Why couldnβt he say
that I was more than part
of his wild phase?
Why couldnβt I be all he wanted
instead of sending my heart
to its deathbed?
I will never love again!
Why couldnβt I see right through him-
Instead I let him pull me like a puppet
on a string
Why couldnβt he see that me and him
would make sense as a we?
