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Cold morning sombers, Sippin on my coffee cup
Reminisce about days of old
Hot summer, hold up
Life never shimmers like it did back then, with that halo of gold
Awaken child! Rise child!
The sun is shining oh,
there's no rain only sunshine!
Why are you crying?
The future... it's so bright!
Remove yourself from this slumber,
I remember
calling my mother
from my grandmother’s landline
it was one of those old landlines
with the spiral cord
Mornin’. It’s a new day.
Classes to take. Major to pick. Friends to make.
Classes wrap up. Major changes once or twice. Friend rushed to hospital.
if there’s a record for crying
my mom’s coming to take it
because my dad wants love
and what he has with my mother ain’t itthis is the man i looked up to
The rhythmic thump thump of hooves
Pound loudly on the roof
Bells on the reins jingle
As he disembarks from the sleigh
I know my eyes must stay closed
With my father when I was ten
I remember being shook to the core
As that was the day I found
That my pity tears worked no more
Before, I would fake cry for mommy
So he would take me for pizza and ice cream
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With my father when I was ten
I remember being shook to the core
As that was the day I found
That my pity tears worked no more
Before, I would fake cry for mommy
Daddy is drinking again. Mama is too.
Sister and brother, too little to understand. I'm eight, aren't I little, too?
Hard ground, river roaring as daddy is snoring.
When do we sleep in a house with a real bed?
“Go back to Mexico you dirty wetback” The words are like acid on my skin I walk through the gate I enter the school No one ever tells you what to do when you feel unsafe in school I feel the grotesque body of shame climb its way up my throat It
In my tiny bubble. It has a shape.
i hated who i hated. i didn't get hate.
The outside, that i couldn't feel.
Was right there, and very real.
i talked to them, and, to my surprise?
girls know growing up as a girl can be gruesome.
expected to mature, expected to look a certain way, act a certain way,
talk a certain way, sit a certain way, walk a certain way
Wake up
Get out of bed
Make up
Shake the sleep out of my head
Do hair
Brush teeth
Wish I didnt care
About what others think
Actions Seem Less Lithe
Compared To When I Was Young
Acting By My Heart
The short, sweet whistle of the bird wake me
Gripping my pillow I wake up shakily
What was I thinking, I cry almost shrieking
I should not have stayed up all of that night
I regret the night and wish I could light
I've grown quite a bit
I remember when I would throw a fit
When I wanted something I'd pout and scream and yell
I don't do that anymore but my parents would never tell
They didn't force me to grow up
A day in life,
growing up taller,
seeing the world change,
everything is becoming smaller.
Don't see daddy anymore,
grew out of that,
he didn't love me dearly,
made me think I was fat.
Tonight he made me mad
By erasing documentation of our memories
So I turned some colors to black and white
And listened to a song my sister wrote about bluebirds
I hold the broken pieces of my heart
Every daughter needs her father
Life decided otherwise
I can't stop but think its a dream
Envy builds within me
Looking back at that morning
On a warm Saturday in late May,
I drove to pick my friends up in my little Corolla,
I was ecstatic as soon we were going to get our nails done for Prom.
The thought of me not fitting
Neatly into their box
Sacres them for some reason
Not quite this, not fully that
I don't check off
All the things on the list
To call me one or the other
Take my hand
As we walk this beaten path
That I once created many moons ago –
Back to a time of silence
Before I found my voice –
As a child, I believed in a perfection
Yellow bus turns the corner
Standing alone on the shoulder
My hands are sweaty,
My heart feels heavy
I sit in crowded rooms with my peers
Flash forward a couple years
Find myself filled with glee
Growing Up.
Rooming away from home,
On my own for the first time,
Wondering "What I need to do?"
I start making friends,
