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Maria Etre Aug 2024
The tabs of my mind
miss your fingers
skimming through them
index first
middle next
till you find yourself
running till you
find
thoughts of
you
Maria Etre Aug 2024
We lock things
to keep them safe

We lock them
as plan B

because at that time
we feel unsafe
around them
Maria Etre Aug 2024
The sound of your thoughts
crunch through my brain
every time
I chew
through
your
lies
Maria Etre Nov 2021
I gained weight
my shoulde(r)s slouch(e)d
at the burden
I am carrying
that'(s) increasing
with my age
as time piles
my waist ex(p)ands
fertility is just an adjective
with(o)ut a part(n)er
sen(sib)ly carry(i)ng
(li)fe's weigh(t)
(y)ou
Maria Etre Nov 2021
Putting pen to paper
slowly
                              serenades my nerves
and carefully
                              caresses my insecurities
to make me mindfully
                              and mindlessly
fall
for
every dent
the words put
in my chapter
Maria Etre Oct 2021
It's the kind of heartbeat
that pushes you forward
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