ΒΏPorque actΓΊas como un niΓ±o pequeΓ±ito? Por ser un pendejo y hacer que tu chica se sienta como un chiste No mΓ‘s piensas en ti Y no te importa las otras personas NiΓ±o pequeΓ±ito, niΓ±o pequeΓ±ito para ti, las chicas son juguetes Piensas que eres el gran Papi Chulo Y hacer que tu chica se sienta mal Jugando juegos estΓΊpidos te muestras como un verdadero inΓΊtil
I wrote this in 2006 thinking back on my time with Lucas.
me around the time I wrote this poem
A shadow of our friendship is all there is left After life gets in the way of wanting something more And when I see you around A wave, a nod An acknowledgement we once knew Each other Our conversations are now long gone But weβre forever etched in each otherβs minds and dreams
EscribΓ este poema en 1996 cuando tuve una situaciΓ³n donde mi ex se apareciΓ³ tratando de regresar conmigo. Este seria la primera en mucha relaciones romΓ‘nticas inestables que tendrΓa.
EscribΓ este poema en 2006 cuando sentΓa una soledad grave en mi relaciΓ³n con mi esposo.
A Veces es Asi
Estoy frustrada Vivir asΓ Sin deseo o pasiΓ³n Para nosotros dos Lo ΓΊnico que nos toca Es salir de aquΓ De este mar duradero de soledad En donde nos estamos hundiendo Y nadar aparte hacia la orilla de felicidad donde pertenecemos
I wrote this poem in late 2005 thinking back on how I felt about my second pregnancy when I found out. It wasn’t an ideal situation at all because I was still in college and my relationship with my husband was on the rocks.
always
This canβt be happening to me! but rarely does it ever lie, that second pink line Just when I was on right track Again I am burdened for lying on my back What will I do? Who will I turn to? How do I tell them? Once again I am their biggest disappointment To just sit here and cry is just a waste of precious time I have no choice I have to get away from this awful noise This will become my personal hell Because of another persuasive male
From the ages of 18 to 23, I worked for a government agency as an interpreter. I was well-liked by many of my coworkers and my first supervisor was appreciative of me. I was very good at my job and even cross-trained in many other areas that didn’t “pertain to my job”. However, at that job, I was also bullied and discriminated against for being Latina. I was also slut-shamed by my second supervisor and coworkers the latter 2 years I was there. I don’t want to say I deserved being slut-shamed but I’ll just say that I trusted the wrong coworkers with my private life and they went on to gossip about me to everyone. It was also a very stressful environment because of the work I did and clients I had to interact with. My depression and anxiety went haywire. In 2003, I decided to enroll in my local community college and major in English. In 2004, I was trying to go to school full time, work full time, and deal with my child’s new autism diagnosis. I was breaking down mentally and something had to give so I quit this job. I was fucking done. And this poem was inspired by that moment. I thought I had processed this trauma until it came back up in therapy in the summer of 2021. I didn’t realize it at the time but I had suffered a deep racial trauma that impacted me and still triggered reactions in me. I was angry. There is actually way more to this story and one day I’ll share it when I’m ready.
So much anxiety and depression hidden behind that smile π