I wrote this poem in May of 2023.

My son giggled as he fell in the pumpkin patch
his laughter brought back the reason
for my existence and purpose
I wrote this poem in May of 2022.

My son is blossoming and becoming the man
I always knew he could be
Heβs ambitious, heβs kind,heβs a hard worker
Heβs a motherβs dream come true
And while at times he may still stumble and occasionally
Heβs inherited strength and resilience from me
It keeps him from giving up
It keeps him moving towards a life full of success and happiness

I wrote this poem in April of 2025.

some storms are worth the rainbows that come after them
like the first steps taken after an invasive and life changing surgery
like the victory dinner after the termination of a marriage
that never should have happened
like the first drive alone after beating a 15 year driving phobia
like the child graduating at the top 10 percent of his class
even though the odds were stacked against him
like the rainbow child born after enduring the nightmare
of losing one
like still being here and writing a poem about storms and rainbows
even though many times youβve been tempted by thanatos whispers to end it
some storms are worth the rainbows that come after them
because rainbows are hope, magic, and joy that make a life worth living
I wrote this poem in January of 2022.

Nobody knew about our sexcapade
You were a temporary escape
From the emptiness and loneliness
I felt in my suburban adolescence
Nobody knew about me and you
Until I could no longer hide
the living creature inside
Nobody knew about me and you
Until my belly grew and grew
And half of it was you
Nobody knew about our short fling
Until one day I had to sing
Iβm pregnant with a strangerβs baby
No,heβll never be the one or even a maybe
I wrote this poem in December of 2024.

she had no choice but to sell her body to provide for her family
without an education, she had to use her beauty as currency
it was her only way out of the curse of poverty
she was born in, out the adobe house she grew up in
so she put on her loudest and reddest lipstick
slid on her garter belt and fishnet stockings
over her slender thighs along with the most revealing
and tightest dress she could find and stood at the corner
with a plastered smile on her face,
poised like a doll for the taking
the only english she knew was
βme love you long timeβ
4 decades later her sons would make amends and forgive her
even if a couple of them didnβt know who their fathers were
even though this started a generational curse carried on
unintentionally
she just wanted to know what it was like to not struggle
to have enough food in her belly
to be able to wear more than two outfits in a year
it was her pipe dream she wanted to make into reality
I wrote this poem in December of 2024.

a moment of serendipity happened when we ran into each other
Christmas shopping
You struck up a conversation and helped me with my bags
and I told you about my plans for higher education
and you said you wanted to help me and got my phone number
we didnβt know at the time, one day weβd form a family
get married and divorced within a span of twenty years
isnβt life, so, so crazy?
How ten minutes of conversation ended up leading to the beginning
of one of my most important stories?
I wrote this poem in September of 2024.

I tell my son Iβm proud of you
and heβs like why, because Iβm alive
I nervously laugh even though
my heart aches over what he said
Why does America like to play
Russian roulette with its children
Why canβt I have a normal conversation with
my kid over too much screen time
and reminding him to brush his teeth
instead of conversation over what
he should do in a mass shooting

I try my best to try to trust the divine time of the universe
but on days like today I just want to disappear
under the covers of my bed
itβs not that Iβm depressed I just need time
to myself and not be surrounded by everyoneβs
bullshit
about capitalism, societyβs ills, and how we all need to heal-
it all feels so repetitive like weβre all barely treading water
waking up with existential dread wondering
which catastrophe or tragedy comes next
itβs hard for someone as sensitive as me to keep functioning
to keep living under stress and duress of life
and the worldβs toxicity
so on days like today I just want to disappear
under the covers of my bed
I wrote this poem in July of 2024.

to see my american dream I just need to step into my backyard
and look at my holy trinity who call me mom
theyβre the ones I try to better myself for
theyβre the one who make my immigrant existence
worth living for
theyβre my american dream wrapped up in burps, dark humor
and love
here’s the english version of this poem:
https://lifeonthebpd.com/?p=12818
envuelta en un ciclo de nostalgia
cartas y fotos viejas y mΓΊsica de los 90
tratando de acordarme de quien fui
Antes de me convertirme la madre de alguien

Mother of three
What does that even mean?
Responsibilities, obligations, duties
Alcohol and going out are taboo for me
Songs of sacrifices and martyrdom
Are the tunes I hum
Dinner with friends and
concerts are just WRONG!
Soccer games and play dates
Are my important dates
No time to spend
With my lifetime mates?
Mother of three,
Will I ever be free?
Unsurvivable

I wanted you but
God wanted you more
Perhaps you were an angel
not meant for earth
Perhaps you were a hard a lesson
in grief and loss
That I needed to learn
A lesson that I should never take
love and hope for grant
No matter how brief the stay is
A lesson that your heart
can break within a span
of a few minutes
A lesson in surviving
what you think is unsurvivable
para la versiΓ³n en Ingles, haga clic en este enlace:
https://lifeonthebpd.com/?p=12070
sueΓ±os olvidados vienen a mi mente
mientras sufro de un episodio depresivo
querΓa ser mucho mΓ‘s que esto
una madre abrumadora tratando
de dar lo mejor de ella
pero todavΓa fracasando