There's a Puerto Rican
woman
on my couch
snoring

There's a beautiful Puerto Rican
woman
on my couch
snoring

time is this clown
as  I run do wn

life is this maze
with muscle seizures

do i do i do i
what

There is this
this

Let me stop here
where you don't want a *******

and long for it

Lids close heavily
Breathe in deeply
Without opening
Your mouth
In rhythm
so calming
Hands across your heart
Trailing starlight
Chasing sun rays
To touch
Across your own
Face and hair
Believing the outer
Self is a reflection,
Inside-Out.

I'm awake
Wide awake at 12 in the morning
Ready for my eyes to be heavy with sleep, but instead my eyes are heavy with tears

While my family is sleeping in the bed next to mine

I lay still and empty of life as not to wake them at 12 in the morning, when the world itself is not even up yet