rice
ramen
cereal
milk
stop
chicken
bread
peanut butter
think
jelly
breathe
bologna
admit it happened
juice
sugar
let it go
koolaid
honey
lemon juice
write it down
bananas
yogurt
apples
oranges
burritoes
make peace with yourself
flour tortillas
picante sauce
bell peppers
tomatoes
try to remember the last time you dreamed while you slept
cheese
sleep
shredded cheese
wake up
chicken
frozen pizza
eggs
lettuce
become uncomfortable with excuses, especially yours
whiting fish
curry powder
cookies
broccoli
soup
try to see if recognize the person in the mirror
chips
ranch dressing
Italian dressing
try to find a reckoning with that person
ice cream
coffee dark
espresso
maraschino cherries
Worcestershire sauce
mushroom
chili
juice
try, period
cabbage
pistachios
grapes
paprika
pepper
forgive yourself for being born
tell your father you love him
dried garlic
forgive your birth mother for not being one
onions
biscuits
flour
spaghetti
spaghetti sauce
honor your real mother
vienna sausages
tea
flavored syrup for coffee
macaroni
let the 8 year old boy go because your 7 year old son needs you
sorbet
kiss your children
gum
canned pineapples
pray for your children
capers
croissants
thank God for your children
bagels
cream cheese
crackers
tomato juice
talk to God
cottage cheese
raisins
peaches
banana peppers
vanilla wafers
stand up for yourself (and say something)
beef stew
sit down with yourself (and say something)
onion dip
cheese dip
feel better than you do about yourself right now
fettucini
angel hair pasta
waffles
make sure no one ever feels the way you do about yourself right now
trail mix
don't settle for less than you give unless the other person's trying
popcorn
don't manufacture people
olive oil
repair instead of rebuilding yourself
green bean
fail and
mustard
ketchup
relish
hot dogs
the lesson
pepperoni
live
muffin mix
acknowledge the fact that you'll die one day
cornbead mix
try to do as much as you can to make up for the fact that you'll eventually die one day
cheesecake mix
earn the right to die
jello
try not to wish death upon others
pretzels
try not to wish you were dead
cashews
pity those who would assume they could do or say worse about you
than you can
pistachios
laugh
spinach
cry
apple butter
hope
cous cous
push
soysauce
trust
peas
change without changing
oatmeal
get angry
hamburger meat
calm down
salsa
resolve
cinnamon
justify your existence on this earth to no one
brown sugar
listen to your own voice and love it
talapia
finish your poems
ceasar salad
spinach dip
ravioli
10 Comments:
I read your poem 'Because' from ebonylove. Beautiful to say the least.
Element---beautiful brother. Really beautiful...so very real.
Element, I loved this piece. It reminds me of our frailties and train of thought. Fluid and beautifully haunting.
thir13teen
YES.....
i absolutely love this...
like smiles and tears among pulled heartstrings
Mmmmore...we want mooooore.
I'm loving it! :)
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Element,
SO glad i stopped by your blog...i really loved reading this piece. I didn't know you had a blog or I would have come by sooner...but better late than never. This was truly beautiful...
boy if you dont write sumthin else....i swear...
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