Poems as Posts

So a lot of what motivated me to start a blog was to create a space where I could share my poetry online. People always ask to see it, but then it gets weird because I have to choose a poem to share and then email and it just gets weird for me. This way, I choose a poem to share and then I post it and somehow that's not weird. Anyway, I would eventually like to have online portfolio of my work, but for now, this will work.

When I Was in Love

My mother said I was like the happy little girl she once knew, who went away, but had finally come back. I want to tell her I’ll never leave again, but I can’t.