Excerpts

summer love

Let the sun take a break

and have its light shine on me

So my skin can turn golden and my eyes turn brown

Let me dance in the natural light

With my natural beauty.

hard work pays off 

Am I really that disappointing? 

that my success was such a shock 

are you so used to seeing a failure? 

that you forgot how to  be a human 

was I that much of a joke, 

a disappointment? 

all of this for a life I already know-

you live and die 

so why can’t I live in a way that doesn’t make me want to die? 

can I fail and get back up again? 

can I not understand something without shame? 

can I look out of place without a snarky comment? 

can I try something new with my hair and not want to hide it? 

can i struggle? 

can i cry? 

can i not be compared? 

can i look tired? 

can i be a human? 

the little girl sits on the field of sea grass and rose petals 

she stares at the vibrant stars plastered on the dark sky 

she lays in peace