Can't Get There From Here

    

               Can’t Get There From Here



there were discussions and decisions on the american dream
	a white dress wedding, two cats, a house, two kids
		(you know the drill)
there were plans 
and discussions
	but we can’t get there from here

three miscarriages later, we have only one child

but we have the house and the cats
      we have the stay at home parent
      and, at my wedding, i’m gonna wear an ivory wedding dress
					with purple shoes

you can’t get to the american dream when your womb rebels
you can’t
	    get 
	          there
		        from 
			     here
		        from where we are
			      where *i* am

so, who created this dream anyway?

we can’t get there with a womb that refuses to sustain

so fuck it

we are creating our own dreams
		    our own life
	from what we have
	        what makes us happy
	       what makes us smile
	
		our dream

video reading at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDBXit1ROWg&feature=youtu.be
This was written for LJ Idol Exhibit A http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/