the moon and her stars

do not wait to tell her

i love you

these three words

are timeless

do not be his plan b
when you should be his
plan a

if you love me today

marry me tomorrow

because yesterday

is not right now

you did not want me in

your prime

but i should take you now

in your decline?

-sexual market value

how easy it was for you

to leave

when it was so hard for me

to stay

how can you love someone else

if you do not even love

yourself?

algebra says that

two negatives can

yield a positive

if subtracted from a negative

i am positive that

i am not negative

you are a beautiful morning

after an

ugly storm

god has a plan for you

but for now

you must pass

these tests of

life

saturday nights with

my girls

drinking wine

laughing about our week

drunk on love

this is heaven to me

to be together with your sisters

accept me at my worst

or I will not give you

my best

i want someone

forever

instead of

whenever

i am a broken record

repeating the same song

but i am glad my true friends

are still listening

-friends till the end

when you slap your daughter

and tell her it was

something to correct her

you teach her to confuse

violence with discipline

abuse with love

and so it is here that

the pattern begins again

i want to tell you that

the approval of others is

not necessary

the approval of yourself

is necessary

god made me immaculate

it is not the thorn that pricks

but the rose we plucked

foolishly thinking

no harm can come our way

in wanting beautiful things

do not be his plan b

when you should be his

plan a

i am polyamorous

because

i love you

and

i love myself

-polyamorous

the kind of love that drains

like a sink

will leave you empty

i want someone

like a battery

energizing me