Alana the Pillbug
I left a love letter at your feet and scurried away like a lowly
insect
Meeting my quota for being brave for the week
Sometimes I want to shrink down in size from 5 foot 6 inches tall to
6 inches tall to 5.6 nanometers tall to 3 atoms tall
Invisible to the human eye
Curl up to the size of a 20mg Lexapro
And live under a rock
People have told me I’m too big
Take up too much room on the T
At the dinner table
Unfortunately I believed them
One day I’ll stand tall and stretch out my fleshy
arms
But for now I’m fine just sitting