Poems from Derika Lam
I’m sorry I am not the type of daughter you want me to be
I’m sorry I kept on spilling water on the kitchen floor like a mighty waterfall...
People body shame people.
Why do they do it?
Do they have other things to be worried about?
This world is full of mindless delinquents
Who...
I am not beautiful I am beauty
I am not attracted I am attractive
I’m the air that gets released
I’m the air that you breathe
But society...
ONE
I’ve always hated you
You were always there whenever my big, dark brown eyes
Aimed straight at the boy whom I used to value
TWO
You...
I may not be perfect
But I can always care for you like how a little girl loves her teddy bear.
I may not be perfect
But I can be the...