What the Walls Surrounding Us Said, by Veronica Diaz

That I’m uneducated because I’m young with kids.
That I’m cheating because I have guy friends.
That I’m wrong because I don’t have a degree.
That I’m pregnant because I am fat.
That I’m on drugs because I am skinny.
That he beat me because we argued.
That he’s cheating because he was out late.
That I’m stupid because I dropped out.
That I’m a bad parent because I yelled.
That I owe rent because they saw the landlord leaving my house.
That I’m troubled because I lived a rough life.
That I’m like my mom because I had children.
That I’m fake because I dyed my hair.
That I’m cheap because I didn’t buy my shirt in the mall.
That I’m crazy because I got confused.
That I have no manners because of the way I speak.
That I won’t have a life because of my spouse.

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  • I Write

    by Wanda Cappas

    I write about my daughter
    how she puts a smile on
    my face each morning.
    I write about anger.
    I write about how hard it
    is to be a young mother
    and how people criticize me.
    I write about my sister
    how I missed her when
    she was away.
    I write about anything
    that crosses my mind.
    I write about my
    name, Muñeca, crazy,
    untouchable, trouble,
    Wanda.
    I write about
    me.