Poems from apetrig

I'm a hardworking, mid-western girl trying to pay for higher education.
A missing child, Wondering through day and night, I have no anchor, No foundation to stand upon, No balance on unfamiliar ground.   Lost...
There’s no use in looking back And a thousand in forging on. Cut the strands to dying homes; We have a million collective tomorrows, And...
Is there a reason For the way you love me? Please share it So I can fathom why I’m worth your while. Give me a reason To reason with...
You ask me why I’m here, Painted red in a firing range. You want to know who left me this way. I can only say myself.   Yes, I tied myself...
Life feels heavy When it rests inside my head. The morning feels like an extension of night When I lay here alone.

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