canβt seem to get away from my demons no matter how fast i run, no matter how healed I claim to be they always haunt me in my dreams, or when Iβm at my most vulnerable and happy thinking life might finally be going right for me But out of the blue, my new boyfriend annoys me, unexpected bills show up, my stalker is back and creeping on my blog, and I fight with my teenage son I wonder what did I do to piss off the universe this time
my son is bright green as he explores the world as he learns to communicate his needs as he learns to navigate life and comes across joy and heartbreak and comes to me with questions when something doesnβt work out
my joe goldberg is back and a sense of doom overwhelms me especially because I know how psychol this Joe is from thinking heβs in love with me because of my blog to remember the constant barrage of harassment I endured from him for a few years, I got a major case of the icks and while I should be extra happy my blog is getting ten time the views it normally gets it creeps me out entirely knowing itβs him knowing that somehow my blog and my pics on there are fodder for his spank back and his many delusions
Itβs fading fast, the time where you willingly spend time with me Soon youβll prefer your friends to me Soon youβll lock yourself in your room and only come out for food Your voice is changing and youβre already taller than me and your hormones makes you all kinds of angry and me and everyone in the house are in denial that youβre growing up because youβve been the baby for so long our little rainbow who lights up our family and itβs hard for us to accept our baby is blossoming into a young man and every day my heart hurts more thinking how fast itβs all going, and how soon Iβll be forgotten slowly fading into your background
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
one day I’m going to make her proud of me with my book
it found me on a tuesday afternoon, inspiration for a book a poetry book of sorts telling my life story and while this has happened many times I pray this one sticks because I have all of my material in my google docs at the very least, itβs given me inspiration as to where to go next
itβs the hunger games time again I meant the MET Gala where celebrities show off their ostentatious and grotesque expensive outfits while the majority of us are trying to make sure all of the bills are paid, wondering if we do indeed deserve our weekly treat at starbucks, while some of us are being deported to countries we donβt belong to or that we donβt remember for the sole crime of being brown and having the right documents
itβs the hunger games time again oh I meant the MET Gala and of course weβre shocked Sabrina didnβt wear pants and that Rihanna is pregnant again even though half a world away in Gaza, moms are burying their children, thatβs if theyβre lucky to find them under the rubble and the Good Ole USA is on itβs way to becoming a Nazi state and half of us are in a cult devoted to Trump while the other half are struggling and unsure of where to look for comfort, for reprieve from all of the fires burning
drama always finds me and I donβt know why that is even as I try to keep my head low and walk around humble I still get caught up in telenovela moments i never ask to be a part of and the best I can do is make poetry out of it
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
The first and last time I tried to die I tried to get everything right I wrote letters to my loved ones and swallow each pill one by one All that was easy enough but really dying was tough Something inside me was too stubborn And sent one last text out to a friend who alerted my husband Between her and him, I never reached my end but in that moment I understood the suicidal writers and poets Living is exhausting,living is agonizing I yearned for the sweetness of death to take away my mediocre breath But the universe or God had other plans And today I finally understand Living is painful,living is terrible But living is also beautiful and really living is admirable
saliva drips from my month as a gentle desire overtakes me tacos de carne asada with onions and cilantro in front of me he knew exactly how to start melting the jaded and bitter bitch in me he knew how to lure out the romantic in me whoβs terrified to start anew and while to some it may seem like a simple gesture he knew that to me it meant everything
I never belonged to you or him I belong to the world, the universe and God I belong to myself, to my ancestors I belong to my words for better or worse I belong to poetry and prose
The language of my healing is poetry Poetry evokes the emotions out of me Poetry evokes love, hate,joy and anger Poetry evokes moments of pleasure Poetry evokes everything I canβt bring myself to say out loud Poetry heals and saves me