Direct consequence

of low self-esteem

poor self-worth

is being surrounded

by dimwitted shorts

with you being in the center

Get upset enough to love 

yourself unlike anyone

has ever

and rid of dumb in all our lives

Woke up

thought, hasn't snowed

for a couple nights

Smiled in the face of spring

who chuckled at me

when I looked out the window

Tea with a cat, then

It's almost been 11 years

since I ran away

The smell and peace took

me back to a day

he came into that space

to take my love into his hands

So far away in thought

I was today I realized

I left my kids

Be present, I tell myself

Away with past

Some blurry photos, yes

but not a thought. For what?

 

I saw fire

burning under water

No punch line

no moral

Just a dance

The language of compliments

is a dead one in my family

Beyond that, I don't know anything

about anything

and live in this stinking town

wasting away

all the talents I don't possess

and small children

What languages do you speak?