Butterflies

Fluttering wings
Beating faster.
Faster.
Flashing spots of color
In my monochromatic world.
Is that the beat
Of a tiny heart
Within me?
Or am I just hearing
Butterflies?
I'm definitely feeling those butterflies...
Can't believe it's real!

Hey Little Sister

Hey little sister
With a carriage at your side
I used to think I loved you
Now I couldn't if I tried

Hey little sister
With a baby at your chest
I used to be your number one
Now it's he who is the best

Hey little sister
With a belly growing big
I used to be the loud one
Now it's only holes I dig

Hey little sister
Expecting number two
It's hard to say I love you
But deep down I still do.

Smile

Her eyes follow me as i walk into the room.
Sad eyes.
Waiting
And wondering
How I could smile.
Mornings are difficult enough.
Mornings here are even harder.
So she sits there
Morose and just plain sad.
And I wish I could tell her that it'll all get better.
But I don't know that.
So I'm quiet
And I just smile.

lowercase

sometimes
i feel like a
lowercase letter.
just part of the crowd.
noone notices
me.
and then
there are those times
when all i want to be is
lowercase.

All This Time

Oh!
There you are!
And all this time
I thought you were hiding.
Yes, you.
You thought I didn't notice,
didn't you?
Are you afraid?
I'm still human.
I'm still living.
Your children
don't make me
less of a person.
Even though
I've been waiting
all this time.

Sleep

Every night
It seems the same
Sleep eludes
my tired frame

I try to rest
My weary eyes
For I've been up
since sunrise

I'm aching to
just fall asleep
but my ears
hear every creak

And so I lay
awake in bed
tomorrow's come
the day I dread.

And now the world
Is painted red.

My Face's Location

Atop my neck
Sits my face
In its most
Usual place

So why do all
Look instead
Towards my middle
'Stead of my head?