I lie flat on the table -______-
scrunched under my blanket
the purity of my pain
as the leaves fall off
and darkness appears longer
Why am I me Lord?
I’ll slither myself under
the bushes of protection
from visceral fire bred anger
brewing inside my psyche
carried onto the ground in tears
What’s my problem Lord?
You’re made in my image.
There is nothing wrong with you.
Are you sure about that Lord?
I’m an envelope of melancholy
as the temperature plunges,
I fall unto the heavens above
for soothing and mercy on me
to ease this annual climatic torture
My child you are who you are
I love you even as you’re depressed
You’re not flawed, you feel deeply.
There’s nothing wrong with that.
Don’t let the world brainwash you.
You are loved.
You are worthy.
Sincerely, God.
Thank you, Lord.
–By Maria Mocha