Forget What Your Mother Said About Girls Like Me
Forget how she urged you to choose the girl with the soft spoken voice.
Because the girl you date will speak so loudly that
your ears will ring and your head will ache.
When My Boyfriend Asks Me To Write A Happy Poem
Happy words don’t flow smoothly. They’re choppy,
gritty, and forced. It’s like when you go to the beach
and come back with particles of sand wedged
between your teeth, your ears, your strands of hair.
It takes a while to remove the sand.
You Are My Favorite Work Of Art
So take all of my money at Sotheby’s because
I’ll raise my paddle and bid on you.
13 Ways Of Looking At Love
Love is…
It Will Be Hard To Love Me, But Will You Choose To Anyway?
It will be hard to love me because you are scared. You are scared of what was and what could be. It will be worth loving me.