it seems the more I have to lose
the easier I am to bruise
because once you took everything I loved before
then there was nothing left to live for

When they cry
I provide comfort

When they scream
I tell them they have the right

But they don’t notice it in me
For my tears flood my heart
And my screams are silent

I have some hard battles
I just keep them inside and quiet

Oh, I always seem happy
Thank you
I've had years
and years
To perfect my happy strategy
The right size smile here
A well placed laugh right there
Tears only released in the dark
That's my happy strategy

I broke my mirror
stared into the shards and cracks
Look, that's more like me

spring is here, with each new year
flowers bloom, fragrance they exhume

the air gets warm, bugs will swarm
picnic so grand, it could be planned

flowers in her hair, smooches everywhere
our sodas clink, and in a blink

days fly by fast, I wish they'd last
our time together, should last forever

soon it will be summer, what's another
time well spent, you're a present

straining my eyes
sitting on the suitcase that is my brain trying to zip it up
pain medication
micro naps when i blink for too long
persistence
hatred
boredom
overload

By myself I stand
despite what others say
whatever the event
of the very day-

I look up to no ally
aloneness is my unfailing strength
on my resilience I faithfully rely
through life's utmost breadth and length

Oh do you know how it feels
To be the tree that falls in a wood
With no one to hear it?

Was it even there to begin with?

Poetry is found
in life's every corner
if only your eyes will open
to each moment's wonder