What if your face was a poem alone… I bet People would read it and cry, And some would feel inflated afte… Because they witnessed something

The tissues know something. Even the mirror knows. My music knows it And especially my pillow. My books can see it

Someone’s teaching me to give up. It’s like unrequited love, But we’ll break up in the end. I’m showing myself to give up When I see how I fall asleep in c…

Dancing inside makes me sing. Music turns winter into spring. Dancing inside lights up my world. Lyrics give me wings like birds. Dancing inside all the time.

So stealthily I lead: Touching green, Seeing rocks below me. I’m gulping pride Because I know life is

You met me in the winter When I was a petal, Something you desperately wanted t… You loved me in the summer, Underneath the palm oil trees

I find it funny That I raised myself From the cradle To the grave. I never got a chance to be a baby.

I forget how to love When I’m gritting my teeth Because I’m a fucking hole/ Nothing’s coming out of my mouth n… Because I don’t love my mom,

I’m silently screaming Alone in the bathroom. The tears of a sinner Won’t let my fears go. I’m suddenly drowning.

In seventh grade, I made you a po… But I tore it up into pieces Because it wasn’t good enough. In eighth grade, I made you a poe… But I left it under my bed

Spring into fall, And we’ve all hit a wall. Love comes quickly. Sometimes, it grows. Summer, then rain,

My mother is the darkness inside m… She planted the seed That grew into brambles, And now, I can’t be loud Because she makes me so

A tree fell in the park last night… I didn’t hear it go. The innards smelled of peppermint, And I felt the crumbling dirt Turn into ash in my hand.

Last year seems years away. Last night seems lifetimes away. This moment seems like a dream.

I feel under-appreciated. Isn’t that vain to say? That might just be my Napoleon co…