adoption trauma
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The weight of the August trauma Doesn’t come like the cold monthsIt’s not like the ocean that takes me under inDecember Nor like ice that stabs through me mid January It’s a slow Whoozing of the head Hazing of my sky Clouding of my lungs Im sweaty andUnwitting of the ToxinsScrewing with me Something unhinges…
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Tick tock Tick tock Don’t you hearMama’s Cuckoo clock?Are you going to right These wrongs Before the pinecone Hits the floor? I am not afraid Of my mirror,Who I am,Or what I’ve done.Why are you?Has your god not been Forgiving enough To bring you the strength To apologize to me? My arms are open,My ears are ready,Anytime you are, I am here to accept…
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Rip roaring, the gut punches Bruise my skin again.I’m green, yellow, purple and blue. Stuck agonizing over the way it all played outThe way they promised they loved meThe way they acted like they kept me safe These people claiming to be saviors in their own right,Liars with noses much too short for their crimes.Thieves…
Healing Birds Fly Again 