I wrote this poem in May of 2024.

I gave birth to the sun on the sunniest of June days
and almost 13 years later
heβs becoming the moon
I wrote this poem in May of 2025.

I need to exorcize you and you out of me before I step into a new chapter of love
Itβs not fair to him to allow past chapters to haunt me and make me question my sanity
and maybe thatβs ghosting you and sharing our story of toxic love in spanish
and while my methods may be a tad questionable
itβs the best I can do for now and for me, itβs enough
I wrote this poem in May of 2024.

there are days I donβt feel strong enough to be their mom
maybe itβs insecurity that weighs heavily on me
after every fight, after every conflict
it was easier when they were small
and I was their favorite person
the one they ran to the moment I opened the door
nowadays I work much and they have their own interests
to have much to do with me
nowadays they bring up grievances of everything
Iβve done and am doing wrong
is this karma for being a bad daughter to my mom
is this karma for being selfish and self absorbed
for a few years of their lives
Who knows-
maybe itβs not about being strong, being right,
or being respected
maybe itβs about them knowing they are loved
I wrote this poem in May of 2025.

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
I wrote this poem in May of 2025.

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
I wrote this poem in May of 2023.

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
I wrote this poem in May of 2025.

ego finally captured, Iβm calm and humbled
the spiral of paranoia is gone
no one hates me, no oneβs out to get me
it was a false narrative I created in moments
of madness
it was fake news as I let my emotions
get the better of me and control me
Iβve gained clarity again
I wrote this poem in May of 2025.

I punish the men in my life with silence
I learned it from my mom
sheβd last days without saying a word to my dad
after a fight
always waited until he broke down and apologized
she always needed to win
and while Iβm not as brutal as her
I need to protect myself when a man makes me feel
like Iβm not good enough, like Iβm a monster
so I walk away calm and give a silence so deafening
theyβre ask a million questions why
theyβll search answers in between the lines
of the posts I write
and if theyβre smart enough and get the hint,
theyβll stay away from me
I wrote this poem in May of 2025.

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
I wrote this poem in May of 2025.

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
I wrote this poem in May of 2016.

I didnβt think this day would come so soon
I wasnβt prepared for the emotions I would feel
βdoomed to be another βstatisticβ βwhen I had you at 17
they said
And when at 4, when the diagnosis of autism came
βGood luck to him to becoming a productive member of society
they sai
βNo way, will you succeed ,brown autistic boy,
son of a teenage momβ
they said
Yet here you are –
proving THEM wrong
Here is where you belong
not yet graduated from high school
but starting your first college classes
Tonight
Here is where you belong
despite the obstacles,the haters, society
trying to diminish your light for being different
here is where you belong
-on the start of a journey to success
and here I am beaming with pride
And love for you, my beautiful brown boy
defying odds and statistics,
and everyone who ever stood in your way.
as you write your own David and Goliath story