optimist

i'd like to have thing figured out
biologist, doctor, xray tech
will it be too much?
geo 2, double science, p.e
i've planned it all out
school, homework, workout
but what of my friends
and the decay of aging

From outside the tank, through crimson red glass framed by dark metals, you could see a face. It was a fair face, one of charm and prominence. The body looks gelatinous, as if the weeks of incubation and chemicals had smoothed it down.

arms out,head down
release the
small water drops

from my,
burdened arms

but,
it is my head

that gets the pain.

daily,

i am reminded
of my non female body

and that is why
my arms drip