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Lunch with(out) Dad

A Poem by Jessie

We had plans.We made them this morning.You should have told meThat you were changing the plansBefore I look for you and findYou're already gone.I thin..

Home

A Poem by Jessie

I sit 'neath the sky,In the arms of my mother,a weeping willow she be.And I sit here wrapped in the vines,wrapped tight 'round the t..

Same Nursing Home, the Next Room Over

A Poem by Jessie

Grandma sat on her deathbed, five monthsBefore she saw the pearly gates, and held herGrand daughter's hand, and told her about theTattoo of the black ..

Thoughts on Being a Woman

A Poem by Jessie

So why should I be the oneWhose body needs to changeTo impress the opposite sex?My breasts can stillTurn fat into milk for babiesNo matter how saggy t..

My Iron Maiden

A Poem by Jessie

I live my life in an iron maidenThat (I suppose) I'm lucky is tooTall and wide to kill me.I stand here inside my deadly cage,Listening to the world ou..

My hands look so ugly at times.

A Poem by Jessie

My hands look so ugly at times.They dry out,They are rough.The remember everything they'veEver seen,Ever touched....The things they've done(I'm not as..

curl up like a sleeping cat

A Poem by Jessie

curl up between the arms of a comfy chaircurl up tightly so you fit comfy therecurl up like a little balltuck your face in to hide it allcurl up like ..

Broken Mirrors

A Poem by Jessie

I am a broken girlLiving in a broken world.We both want to give up.We both live in denial.We try to find ways to distract ourselvesF..

The Edge

A Poem by Jessie

I'm on the Edge.I'm going to go through that brickWallofInsanity.I'm right upon theEdge.I can feel the rough surface of thebricks on my..

Tuesday Afternoon

A Poem by Jessie

todayi noticedthat the lid of thetequila bottlewas missing.i didn't want dustto get in the bottleso i had to cover itsomehow...i fou..