Mama, I don’t know everything you went through but I do know it was a lot. And you had to fight just to survive. But look at you now. You...

Bang bang My school was shot down Bang bang There was no sound Bang bang Only words and crowds Bang bang Eight were holed out Bang bang A...

No. I wasn’t ready to be let out Never taught how to fend for myself Living to please Believing it would set me free I didn’t know it yet...

Sorry Zara  I’m not a size small anymore My belly has grown and shrunk  Shifted and remade Held and caged  All My hopes and dreams It’s...

I danced around letters A to Z lost some characters in between developed some others unknowingly Most people have minds filled with neat...

Quasimodo was probably Just a stressed-out mother Back hunched, Eyes half-lidded, Balding, Styled like the peasants. Only the walls and...

When you pray, Is it to a man or a woman? I’m not religious, But lately I’ve been drawn to The synergy of motherhood A silent religion...

Oh the memory, it burns Like accidentally touching a still hot stove Oh please! I can’t be alive anymore Cover me, bury me 12 feet under...

A child takes and takes And takes And that’s ok They are the seeds Of the future evergreen And have you ever seen A poor potted plant...

She can barely utter a coherent sentence But her brain is as sharp  As a knife left at a crime scene Cloaked figures idling about Heads...

I’m not done yet I feel every woman’s breath Before and after mine During every moment In every instant Ever since my daughter arrived...

Yes it’s true You got a daughter too But we are not the same You kept all your old clothes And your desk job You take showers in silence...

I read a story about a little girl in between the daily wanton updates and i can't forget her. I think about her in the shower, the way...

We lost faith in a hopeless place Like freckles emerging During sunny summer days And fading away AI infiltrated my life Took my hand...

It wasn't until an earthquake that erupted from me, splitting me from who I was before into who I am now that I witnessed the miracle of...

Oh hello, its you again I've seen you before in here there's an echo going on and on hollow the air suffocating haunting the light...

I knew you like a full belly knows rest hands intertwined like a rake gliding through grass we fit together like slices of warm bread...

Have you ever watched a cat? The careful tongue lapping up all it can lithe muscles defining each movement sharp claws extending from the...

I imagine if someone tried to eat me it wouldn't be very pleasant I'd be too tough and probably sour

When the grey clouds finally part, cracking open a bright blue sky, will you look up? Or have you been, all winter, sitting in the mud—...