Poems from CELINEA
your mom told you this would happen.
she told you that these people would become
your best friends
your confidantes
your family.
you...
i walk onto the stage
i smile and i wave at the gathered people
my mom is in the front row, right in the center
my siblings sit beside her...
panic arches in my gut,
deep and visceral pain
and i can't breathe,
can't see,
can't hear
anything
but the relentless beat of a...
just seeing him makes me angry
just seeing his greying hair,
his yellow and brown teeth
that cost 10,000 dollars to replace
last time...
At night, I like to lay awake in bed and imagine
what the world might really be like.
I put on my headphones and I turn up my music...