It may seem trivial. After all, most teenagers go through phases, but this was much more than a phase like goth or emo. In my mind, I thought I was leaving up – that if I only surrounded myself with whiteness, bathed myself in it, I would be spared from the struggles of my ancestors.…
Let’s stay up Worrying About things We can’t change Let’s hold a race For our thoughts The only rule: Don’t stop running Let’s check the clock Every 15 minutes And around 3 Start to wonder Can I make it through the night without sleeping? Let’s watch comfort tv Waiting to fall asleep But…
Sometimes I wonder, why I did have kids? Even before I was pregnant I knew that having children was a selfish act, trying to fulfill something within me. In the grocery store, passing parents and their screaming child, thinking time to go home. Hearing a parent scold their child thinking I would never do that.…
It’s my biggest fear Losing you It keeps me up at night My heart aches at What could have been What I wanted it to be There isn’t enough time To be the daughter you wanted So that you might be The father I needed And we’re running out of time So this has to…
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About Me
Daughter, sister, and everything female. Writer. Filipinx. Mother of 2. Wife to one. Habitually pensive, and in constant need of reminding that it’s not that serious (except when it is). Mostly though, just here to write.