mischievous

I awoke today like I do any other

I am still a person, a woman, a mother

Body still working breathing all on its own

In my bed and in my own home

Empty bottle of wine next to my bed, all my stuff around me

And wearing very little with my bits hanging out incidentally

Not a pretty sight unless you’re into chubby older chicks

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The open window and the breeze coming in

Setting goosebumps upon my skin

Taking into myself all those words so unkind

Im breathing deeply to refresh my mind

I sit here and I remember what I hold in my hand

All the people I love and the needs they demand

And all this reality where I am who I am but they don’t care

They want me to be de…[Read more]