A brief history of my writing

 (A brief history of my writing)

Sliced wrist empty pill bottles blood-drenched bandages

Tears pain consistent lies abuse and pulled hair

Writing through the pain, drawing through the abuse

Video games as an escape diving deep into the characters

Books drown out the sounds of her yells and screams

Shielding me from all forms of assault

Lyrically inspired, rhymes, rhythms, syllables, verbs, nouns, adjectives

Mary had a little lamb, Mexican Heaven, Sonnet 43

Queer Lesbiana Marimacha dyke lipstick lesbian

Erika Sanchez, Sonora Reyes, Natalie Diaz

Words blanket me like waves over sand

They come they go they rise they fall

Moon cycles affecting the tides and emotions

Lovely when the words come

Distressed when I lose the tides

Words can pour out like Summer rain during Arizona Monsoon season

Days of letters, letters into words, words into rhythms

Arizona heat dries up the beds of summer rain, droughts

My mind and body yearn for the words to say to write down

I struggle, I cry to my muse ask if they have left me

I plead to my muse, ask if they will ever give me words that flow