Inside the mind of an immigrant
"You wouldn't feel anything. Isn't feeling nothing better than feeling pain and anguish." "You don’t have to put up with any of this.” “Why don’t you just let it end?” These thoughts are silent, but sometimes they whisper, and that whisper gets so loud that an echo forms in my brain and I repeat those … Continue reading The monsters in my head
I am the taunts of failure the echoes of death I am the breaking of hope the words of a last breath I am the cruelty of fate the loss of a friend I am the road untaken the path to an end I am the days of despair the empty droughts of a desert … Continue reading Am I yours?
You tell me the world is vicious daddy because you've looked it in the eyebut it's my turn nowso won't you let me fly. You tell me there are storms out there that I won't be able to bearbut you've molded me with your own hands then why do you have this fear? How long … Continue reading Words I won’t ever say to my dad
If I am ever brokenand I am unable to walkwill you carry me in your armsand tell me I am strong? If I am ever brokenand I am unable to flywill you raise the groundor will you bring down the sky? If I am ever brokenand I am unable to seewill you be my imageor … Continue reading Bargaining with loved ones