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 ButContinue reading “Evading Sleep”
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Father Time
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 toContinue reading “Father Time”
Mother Tongue
My mother has been speaking to me in Tagalog. She must think I understand. She must have forgotten that she never taught me how to speak it so how can I understand? They didn’t want me to have an accent. I had an accent because they had an accent. They gave me their accent. WhatContinue reading “Mother Tongue”