Questions

Why do you cry every year on your birthday?

Is it growing pains? Do you not know what to say?

Do you start to spiral when you think of aging?

Will you take off your armor? Is the fight worth the pain?

Why do you think you ought to make up for lost time?

When you speak in rhymes, you give yourself away

Why does Nonna call me when she hears you on the radio?

Vivid and visceral, I sing your songs like an oath

I'm doing so much better than I was this time last year

But tell me how you are

They say objects in mirrors are closer than they appear

But I know you feel far

Do you believe in God when you ride in airplanes?

Do you stop believing once you know you won't die?

Where do you find your inspiration? Has it always come easy?

Do you pepper your poems with two truths and a lie?

I'm doing so much better than I was this time last year

But tell me how you are

They say objects in mirrors are closer than they appear

But I know you feel far

How many photos have you taken of the moon?

Does the moon persuade you? And will you visit her soon?

Why don't you ever ask me any questions?

Do you feel you still know me now that I started anew?

I'm doing so much better than I was this time last year

But tell me how you are

They say objects in mirrors are closer than they appear

But I know you feel far