October 2018 – Page 2 – ScandalNavians

Growing Up in America: I Didn’t Want to Die

I didn’t want to die. Honestly. I didn’t want to. Life, while complicated, is all we have. At least in the moment.

Poem: I Am From Cigarette Butts and Burnt Toast

I am from mixed sources and mixed genes
Mixed families and mixed faces
Mixed values and mixed messages
Mixed histories and mixed futures
Mixed colors and mixed minds