
Poem of the Day: Control


Escribi este poema pensando como seria si me encontraba con Lucas de nuevo.

Tantas veces que yo sonΓ©
con volverte a ver
Y ahora que estΓ‘s aquΓ
ya no sΓ© quΓ© decir
ni cΓ³mo actuar
no se la diferencia
si esto es una fantasΓa
o una dulce realidad
Lo ΓΊnico que se
es que esta vez
No voy a soltar
esta milagrosa oportunidad
de volverte a conocer
Y amarte otra vez


I wrote this in February of 2004 after my car accident after I was feeling lost and deep sense of despair and worthlessness. It was a trauma that would affect me for many years to come. I’ll tell the story of the accident one day when I’m ready to.

Last week I was where I needed to be
Today I am lost again with no sense of who I am
Or where I want to go
They tell me Iβm a mother, daughter, coworker,
Student, sister, and girlfriend
But I donβt seem be right fit into any of those roles
So can somebody instruct me
on how to get to where I once was
Or more importantly on how to be happy just to be me


I wrote this shortly in February of 2004 shortly after my car accident. I was feeling so much depression and anxiety because of it.

I feel so lost
without sense of direction
So many feelings of frustration
over my lifeβs woes
Feelings of rejection
by the ones who once loved me
Feelings of anger
for never doing anything right
Where can I find the shining light
that I desperately seek?


Escribi este poema en Marzo de 2003 cuando estuve visitando Hawaii y pensaba en mi pasado.

Estoy en el mismo lugar
donde era una adolecente inmadura,
Impulsiva, e insegura
pero ahora soy otra
Una que piensa antes de arriesgar
una que mirar antes de pisar
Una que trata de olvidar
Antes de contemplar todo
lo que no fue de su vida

I wrote this poem in January of 2004 when I was frustrated with Matt and blamed him for my life going awry. Looking back, it was misplaced blame on a situation that only I had control over. At the time, it was much easier to blame Matt rather than take a look at myself and how I was responsible for the mess I made of my life.

Dear son
How do I stop
from feeling all of this resentment and anger
at the deadbeat who calls himself your dad?
Dear son
Will I ever feel better
about our almost dead-end situation
your dad has put us in?
Dear son
Will you ever forgive me
for not having everything
someone as wonderful as you should have?
Dear son
Can you show me where to
find a glimmer of hope
and that without him
both of us will be alright?

So I wrote this poem in January of 2004 when I was dating my husband and maybe I was foreshadowing my future with him (sort of-haha). I think that maybe I was paranoid he had someone else at the time because he was such a private person. Reflecting on this now is kind of strange because I was the one that ended up with the indiscretions. I was 22 when I wrote this and I have I think that this is a good example of “splitting” meaning that I went to black and white thinking about him.

FALSE FAIRY TALE
Everyone believes that you and I
are the real deal
That we are perfect
and donβt have issues
Little do they know
that you treat me with no worth
That to you
I am not your only girl
That I close my eyes and ears
and deny to myself the fact
That your indiscretions are real
that you just used me as a tool
To have everyone fooled
That you have the perfect wife
And you are the perfect husband
but I am too tired of this
False fairy tale
I have to get out of this lie
Before I lose whatβs important
for the sake of your arrogance
So tonight I leave our once βhappyβ home
so I wonβt lose
All thatβs left of me