Dear Tina, You can blame a song I've been listening to for the last few months for this moment of bravery. My favorite line is "looking for heaven found the devil in me," and there was your face, and I knew it was time. Because loving you found everything I hated about myself. I allowed … Continue reading #17: Dear Tina,
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#4: My Sistah
note: I know I'm still 3 days behind, I"m working on it. To my beautiful Sistah, It's your birthday today. I'm sorry I didn't call but I don't have a number to reach you. It wouldn't be the first birthday I haven't been able to hear your voice, or tell you myself Happy Birthday, but … Continue reading #4: My Sistah
#2: Dear Charlie
note: this is one of many letters I've tried writing to my biological father. Dear Charlie, I keep pausing as I write this letter, because I don't know where to start. I don't know whether to start at the beginning, or to talk about the last few years. I'm not really surprised by my inability … Continue reading #2: Dear Charlie
La influencia en mi vida
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony. Benjamin Britten I can still feel the beats of the soca music pound in my … Continue reading La influencia en mi vida