Herbal Tea

Sipping your herbal tea

I forgot how much you mean to me

Young hood

I was in a haunted mansion

Covered with my own skeletons

- my mind

You made me feel

Like I was nothing

Like I had nothing

To give to the world

- worthless

Your voice keeps pounding

In my head

Disconnected from you

But everyone else here

As a mother to company

Their bad dreams

I was never enough for you

I am the bad child

- the youngest

The tears you brought to my eyes

As you pushed me out

Of your life

- powerless

I picture you

In a better coat

- a different role model

Never show and tell

Family stories

Character

Abuse carries you

Even to another city

- you cannot run away from trauma

With my heart

And soul

I will be different

I fell in love with getting

To know a person

It’s more than a biography

- poetry

The need for happiness

Is what keep me alive

- hope

Holding onto pain

Is what brought me here

The rain drops on the window

Remind me of you

- emotional pain

We are

What we have lived

But not

What we are loving

Home

New branches are growing

Inside of us

- growth

I will fly as fast

As a waterfall

Success is not coins

It’s the journey

I will not hide my pain anymore

I will show you who I really am

- you are your own soulmate

You’re a gem

- letter to self