A bump on my lip
just to the left...

Being part of the conversation is fun sometimes -
experiencing firsthand the bad jokes...

I've missed breathing
The feel of air in my lungs...

I feel like a bird with two sets of wings.
One set is mine, my own...

I am woman.
I am one of the members of our species...

Sometimes, sadness
is a weight...

Remember way back then,
when a great ocean of dirt and...

If I were given a miracle -
If I were given a miracle I could only...

It's 3:30 in the morning in the middle of winter
but it's still too darn hot in this room...

It's two in the morning and I have to
be up in a measly four hours...

A crippling shyness
leads to self-imposed silence...

My mother always
told me to start small...