I wrote this poem in November of 2024.

Inti came out in full force today wanting to play
and it lit a light inside of me
Fierce and ready to run towards the potential
inside waiting to be taken advantage of
I wrote this poem in November of 2022.

sometimes I wish you were here-
so you could share your wisdom, so you could explain your truth
I followed in your footsteps of being a teenage mom
And it would have ripped me apart to have abandoned my son
so Iβm wondering how you did it-
were you full of guilt or was it because of your lack of options
how did you survive being away from your child
and go on with your life as if he was an afterthought
Perhaps Iβm judging you harshly
and I donβt understand the whole story
I just want it to make sense
I wrote this poem in November of 2022.

I had fallen in love with brown and hazel eyes
Before the disaster with blue eyes walked into my life
Those blue eyes would make me believe in love again
Those blue eyes would be the first to make me want to die of shame and guilt
and cause more trauma than he ever intended
Then again, I was only twenty
and there were a dozen years between us
he should have known better than to fuck
with a girl who was barely a woman
but carnal desire ruled both him and I
And we were tricked thinking it was love
but we were completely wrong
and he got to walk away without any consequences
While I was slut shamed and had to endure the trauma
I wrote this poem in November of 2024.

Implied I was a heretic because of my tarot cards
told me I should look up some verse in the bible
that validates your suspicion that Iβm breaking bread
with the devil
because of esoteric tendencies
the funny and ironic thing in your lecture
is my tarot cards never harmed me or made me feel
Worthless
and the nearest I came to living with devil energy
is the man you look at when you look in the mirror
I wrote this poem in November of 2024.

like ships in the night during a catastrophic storm
we crashed and wrecked
never saw the end coming, it just happened
one day we were, the next day we werenβt
while we were completely destroyed
and suffered like never before
at end of it all,
we can say
we became better for it
I wrote this poem in November of 2022.

when no one is watching I manifest a new lover-
Iβm tired of solitude, Iβm tired of crying from loneliness
so I dream about him, I write about him
and I pray that he appears
and while I tell myself itβs ok if he doesnβt exist
and itβs just one of my many silly dreams
secretly I want him to become a reality
I just want to know what itβs like for once
to be loved and accepted for the complicated
Woman that I am
I wrote this poem in November of 2022.

I wish I could forgive everyone who did me harm-
but something in me won’t allow me too
maybe itβs unprocessed trauma that still wants to speak-
about every single atrocity Iβve experienced
at the hands of those who said
they care for me and love me
I really wish I was better than this-
constantly holding onto these old grudges
but something in me still needs to heal
so I can stop obsessing about revenge
I wrote this poem in November of 2024.

empowerment is sold as a way to heal ourselves
as a way to feel better
itβs commodified and made into a product to be consumed
in books, in self help guru from the gram
but really, it should have been something
we were taught from birth
not something we are trying to attain in our middle age
I wrote this poem in October of 2022.

Fuck you google photos for reminding me of my past trauma and happiness
I want to move the fuck on-live in my present-plan for my future
and youβre here reminding me of someone I long to forget-
βMemories togetherβ more like βtrauma bonding togetherβ or
βfabulously failing at this relationship togetherβ
How many years must past before you stop reminding me
of my love fiascos
I wrote this poem in October of 2024.

Lavender and lace daydreams fill up my head
when Iβm in love
everything soft, everything vulnerable,
everything oh so delicate and pretty
but then reality hits and the daydreams turn into
gray and somber nightmares
everything rough, everything violent
everything hard and ugly
and I wonder over and over again
what is wrong with me
why do they all leave?
am I not worthy?
I wrote this poem in October of 2022.

I tell myself Iβm not capable of love-
but thatβs another lie
the truth is Iβm very capable of love
But Iβm afraid of it, Iβm terrified of showing my vulnerability
only to once again be proven wrong, to once again go crazy
Only to once again endure the abandonment of another lover
So I lie to myself and say Iβm not capable of love
I wrote this poem in October of 2024.

3 years ago I took the wheel for the first time by myself
and there was no going to the dependent woman I once was
3 years ago I said fuck it, if I crash and die, it will be fine
after all Iβve been suicidal since I could remember
3 years ago I took the keys and landed in the driverβs seat
And from that day on, I understood the power I held within
and how never again Iβll give that power to others
I wrote this poem in October of 2024.

beneath the fog, I almost crashed my car
I wasnβt drunk, just under the influence of seroquel
and crazy from the euphoria
just experienced in the arms of my ex lover
Beneath the fog, I almost crashed my car
but I used all of my DBT skills to calm down
and manage to park my car at a gas station
To gain my composure
and suddenly Kid LAROI is blasting
from some zoomerβs truck
with a message for me from the universe
that Iβd be alright despite
lifeβs almost disasters
and that the sexual creature Iβve held with
for most than two years
is alive and well
and ready to make up for lost time