Christmas

I feel like Christmas

I am sick to my stomach and so furious

~Tina Meeks

I'm The Worst

This will follow me forever

It will never be erased

Because I am at my best

when I have seen the worst of my days

~Tina Meeks

Haiku

Influenced by this

Dimly glowing atmosphere

This liquid courage

~Tina Meeks

Castro

I miss the rooftop climbs

As a kid, I collected rocks and they rocked

It's what kept me alive

I was a wimp

A shy girl wearing pants that didn't fit

In a small world like mine, that was as comfy as it gets

My brother and I used to wait for our ride after school

We walked across the pole and realized we weren't alone

As the lunch lady passed, the door never closed

It felt like a sign to enter or to let it go

An earthquake of nerves in a hollowed out

auditorium lunchroom

If we weren't alone, we'd be nothing but doomed

We emptied sugar packets in our hands

and there was nothing else to get into

We weren't thieves, just kids that liked sugar

It was a one time thing

Shoulda, coulda, woulda, we did

~Tina Meeks