shorts

short nineteen

guests 

they come and go

sometimes announced 

and sometimes by surprise

in my short life

a certain familiar guest always appears

first visit at 14

i was elated 

following visits were frequent

until

gone for months

one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine

no news

i was worried

appearing after so long

i greeted like old friends

all was back to normal

until it got too often

popping back every two weeks

i'm happy to see you

but 

i'm tired

the preparations,

the care during,

the treatment afterwards.

i guessed you heard

and returned to normal.

complaining when you come,

lamenting when you go.

typical me

now at 19

five years of your visits

i still can't get use to you

but rest assured

i will miss you 

when when i'm wrinkly.

a tribute to my period, an unwanted yet welcomed guest