Libra season is upon us as summer turns to fall- a year ago, I was returning from my homeland recharged and determined 2 years ago, I was angry and using my rage to fuel my creativity and train for a 5k and 3 years ago, I was a hot and exhausted Emotional mess among the madness of COVID And this Libra season, Iβm entering it free from the chains of matrimony and every expectation my parents and society has placed on me This Libra season, I will honor and pay tribute to my abuela Mercedes for the independent and strong woman that she was and celebrate my friends Melia and Quinnβs birthdays show them how grateful I am for their existence This Libra season, Iβll set intentions and manifestations for the next 6 months for the life I dream of and envision For myself and my sons This Libra season Iβm determined more than ever to make miracles and magic happen- And prove to myself and anyone who ever doubted me that Iβm not just a crazy and savage bitch but Iβm also a magical and intelligent one whoβs constantly evolving
the plane slowly takes off and I take flight with it I leave behind past troubles,past trauma and go on an adventure to find healing and the best version of myself
I looked for a sense of home, a sense of identity in all of the wrong Places – man after man Shopping spree after shopping spree, drink after drink all were temporary fixes for something I never had a stable home, a true sense of identity until one day I realized these temporary bandaids were never or will ever be my home because that sense of home, that sense of identity lies within myself
I know Iβll be okay, I know Iβll be fine Iβm the queen of resilience, coming back triumphantly After each tragedy but right now, I need to honor the heaviness of grief that resides within me Acknowledge that for a while, my kids may view me as a villain for breaking up their family for making them products of broken home I gotta feel this residual anger and resentment Directed at myself and my ex for not being able to make our marriage work At least I can say it wasnβt me who gave up easily I was the one who gave my all and best efforts to make it work but one day, I had to accept it for what it was a marriage damaged beyond repair And no amount of meds, therapy, acceptance or healing on my part could have saved it- not when I was always doing 80 percent of the work and he barely gave me any effort and while yes, he did care of our kids and of me he still didnβt help in providing for them, show initiative to better our family or even tried to love me the way I needed to be loved Instead, he hid behind his fatherhood and age To distract me And it wasnβt until the healthiest version of me showed up and got the courage to put a stop to this facade of a marriage and stop our codependent story of love Weβve been modeling for our kids Itβs up to me to break this generational curse of toxic love or else our kids wonβt know or understand what a healthy and real love story looks like
to reach the next level of my life I need to stand firm in alignment with my values I need to be brave and take the necessary steps for my full autonomy even if itβs painful, even if I start to question the process the end result will be the betterment for me and my sons, a life full of purpose a life where Iβm no longer attached to anything and anyone who held me back from reaching my potential
summer feels eternal itβs the sixth of september and weβre still in 90-degree weather melting in this heat itβs a global warning with no sign of reprieve itβs a never-ending season that has me sweating and cursing constantly saying FML and calling my friends during panic attacks in the bathroom at work itβs my insanity I canβt seem to rein in all the way, no matter how hard I try and the frustration of it wears me out and make me want to throw in the towel and give up
maybe this is as good as life gets a life half lived but with few regrets Who needs adventure and love when you have the stability of family? Who needs spontaneity and excitement when you have the comfort of home? Who needs connection and chemistry?\ when you have routine and predictability? Maybe this is as good as life gets A life half lived but with few regrets Bored, bored, bored with it all living a womanβs suburban dream of mediocrity to want anything more would break this so-called domestic bliss
Iβm looking forward to that pisco sour Iβll have after the judge declares me divorced and free to remarry -ha- thatβs the biggest joke ever maybe Iβll land in someoneβs bed once again But a ring on my finger -NEVER!- not in this lifetime, not as long as I breathe instead Iβll claim my single status And relish in it as long as I can
Crushes–we all get them at some point or another. It doesnβt matter if weβre 13 or 43. Theyβre unfortunate or fortunate circumstances in our lives depending on how we look at them. Iβve had more of my share of them, and of course, thereβs a playlist I listen to when that happens. As jaded in love as I am, thereβs a small part of me thatβs still a lovergirl. Iβve tried every way to squash the lovergirl in me but apparently itβs resistant to all of the misandrist poetry I write and all of the books I read about hating men and how love is just the most terrible thing in the world. So Iβve just learned to just let her be and write corny AF love poetry and listen to the most romantic music even if itβs nauseating to me. One of my friends told me the nausea part is some kind of trauma response, and sheβs probably right, but thatβs another blog post for a later time. Anyways,hereβs a few poems I wrote about having a crush and my lover girl playlist. The playlist is filled with that, βwtf, I have butterflies in my stomach at my age, letβs goooo!!!β kind of energy or βlmao,Iβm living some kind of modern Victorian infatuation story or Iβm straight up delusionalβ energy. My most recent crushes have been on Ben Affleck, Benjamin Franklin(cause Iβm a materialistic bitch) and of course, Yung Gravy. See yβall, Iβm not always a hater when it comes to love (contrary to a lot of what yβall see in the blog) , I, too, have a little romantic girl somewhere in me. Maybe I could manifest that Ben Affleck, Yung Gravy, or a millionaire, sees this blog post, gets a crush on ME and makes their way to my hometown and takes me away in their private jet.
Here are the poems:
Not in my plans
I didnβt mean to, it wasnβt in my plans for self improvement But I fell for you in spring I donβt even know when it started to happen All I remember is absolutely hating it hated how soft and corny it made me hated how I started smiling at your messages hated how you started to melt my jadedness about love and how I finally felt like love was a possibility for me
5/2/23
it’s me on a quest to find my Travis Kelce
Fight with the romantic girl
The romantic in me riots and protests and says this solitary confinement is bullshit Itβs been over a year since weβve been intimate with anyone or felt a romantic connection and I try to reason with her βWeβre still healing and weβ like to stay emotionally regulated And healthyβ and she yells, βno itβs time to take all of our therapy skills out for test drive and find someone we vibe withβ And I answer, βbut weβre notβ And she screams, βstop with your excuses go find the next muse of your poetry
7/29/23
wondering who my next Ace of Cups will be
So embarrassing
thought I was done with this part of my life accepted solitude was now my new life but you had to smile at me butterflies appear and I want to vomit my heart races every time youβre near And ugh, I fucking hate you for this so embarrassing at my age to crush on someone so hard and to write poems about a new unrequited love And I tried to ignore and quell this feeling but you have the audacity to appear in my dreams maybe itβs your fire energy, maybe it’s your poetry Iβm not sure exactly what it is but fuck you for bringing out the romantic in me
2024
I have honestly done this more than a few times this year-I have issues according to Google
Lover Girl Playlist: Ew -Crush Culture
Crush Culture-Conan Gray Iβm not in love- Will to Power Begin Again- Taylor Swift Bad Habit-Steve Lacy The Prophecy- Taylor Swift Late Night Talking-Harry Styles Sanctuary-Joji Dreaming of You-Selena Nonsense- Sabrina Carpenter Overdrive- Conan Gray Still Falling for You- Ellie Goulding Ceilings- Lizzie Alpine People Watching- Conan Gray Footnote-Conan Gray Dress-Taylor Swift Means Something- Lizzy McAlpine Enchanted- Taylor Swift Clementine-Yung Gravy The Louvre-Lorde Pessimist- Julia Michaels Risk-Gracie Abrams HOT TO GO-Chappell Roan Mastermind- Taylor Swift So High School- Taylor Swift Still Chose You- The Kid LAROI Invisible String-Taylor Swift Long Story Short-Taylor Swift So American-Olivia Rodrigo Disaster- Conan Gray Lover- Taylor Swift
Below is are the links for Spotify and YouTube in case you do want to get in touch with your inner romantic:
Crush Culture makes me want to spill my guts out-Conan Gray
September comes in with a rage and determination in my heart to keep on moving with a new purpose to heal and evolve into the healthiest version of myself without condemning myself over my past misdeeds and obsessing over how toxic I once was so what if I allowed myself to be a doormat, to be stepped on over and over again? so what if I wasnβt the mom my kids deserved? Every day is a brand new start to live a life Intentionally and with purpose to continue to grow, build, and expand exponentially because while my past has impacted me and Iβm still dealing with the consequences of it I need to move past it, leave it behind Iβve learned everything I need to learn from it now itβs time to build my present for the future I deserve to live in
I’m armed with my notebooks and journals full of poems and stories
what cannot be said aloud will be written in a poem for better or worse I have a tendency to process my emotions in metaphors and verse and while many wouldnβt call what I write poetry because I lack technique or an MFA or whatever else I’m missing Iβm going to keep writing my raw emotions Down and sharing them My words hold value, My words have power And it has helped and a few other souls when our feelings lack logical explanations and reasons For better or worse Iβm going to continue to tell my story in poetry
No one is coming to rescue you, princess no matter how much you wish to be saved or try your hardest to manifest a prince to carry the heavy burden of responsibility youβre constantly lifting No one is coming to save you, princess Itβs up to you to save yourself Itβs up to you to continue to work hard and be selective on what you expend your energy on No one is coming to help you, princess Youβre no longer relying on others for a sense of identity or security and youβre now an independent Queen whoβs learned only she herself can save herself and is wise enough to block out any negativity or toxicity that threatens her autonomy or wants to bring on another Emotional relapse
My bra is the milkshake that brings men to my playground It gives me the cleavage that makes them feel like theyβre in love Theyβll claim it’s my words or my eyes they’re in love with , but letβs not kid ourselves Itβs really my majestic breasts that pop out with their own personalities they fuel their many exotic and erotic fantasies
Flowers bloom with patience and care where there is sunlight and love Flowers remind me of relationships when relationships are not given the right environment or patience and love They die Iβm a failure at both-