The Essence Of Who I Am

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  • 24 hours

    24 hours can change your life Im sitting in the chiropractors office and i see a pregnant women walk out the door seemingly happy That was me I was so optimistic So ready and proud and free I did everything right and cared more then anyone that things would go…

  • Drain

    You always shower with your clothes on when you are depressed Hoping their heaviness will pull you down until you completely disappear I find you broken into pieces disintegrating into the water I pull you out like hair clogging the drain Undress you to lighten your weight and hold you…

  • Things that make me feel alive

    My childhood home with the backyard swing in the breeze and the sun setting after a warm evening dinner Outside at night talking to the stars throwing a kiss to the moon rambling about my day My husband holding me in a hotel bed alone with the white cool sheets…

  • Naive

    People forget that romeo and Juliet were children They called them foolish and naive And they were They were children But i remember my first love And i think if i was given the chance i might have died for him He was everything in that moment to me His…

  • Oranges

    I want one of those crocheted fabric fruit bags That you throw on the counter and fruit topples out of I want my tea to burn my tongue and its bitterness and charm to consume me I want poetry to drip from my fingers and toes I want to remember…

  • White Sheets

    You peel yourself away from me Leaving your shadow behind The white sheets look more bland now Hospital white Not cream I write poetry to not feel so lonely But you are the poetry M.A.P ©

  • Stronger

    We haven’t kissed in a few days But our love is stronger in many other ways The way you make sure I am always eating Because eating seems useless when someone is dying You hold me so tight that I can’t breath like my baby in the bed beside me…

  • God left the oven on

    I think God left the oven on and my happiness is burning in the flames They say postpartum depression is worst at 6 months and that’s why I’m fighting so hard to be ok My husband says I act all doom and gloom but I don’t see another way I…

  • Wishes

    I wish for a little house on a hill on a farm with children rolling down with laughter M.A.P ©

  • Worry

    Worry is my best friendHe is always hanging on even if its by a thread Sometimes the others scare him awaybut at night he is there to play I think I’d be lonely without himWho would I talk to when he wasn’t hanging by a tree limb But I know…