D. T. R.

Tell me something. For I know nothing I have lived twenty-five years What I know is little Just enough to gain life’s fears Tell me something When will I be an adult Am I so at twenty-five Why is my maturity in tumult What truths should I believe Tell me something How can I know […]

Troubling anxiousness floods the mind Running down through the spine like water In the underground mountain tunnels Always moving never stopping Seeping continuously, down through the nerves Throughout the body to pressurize fingertips, As it stops, capped off with nowhere to go Tension increases with each eternal tic Then to wait once more drives knifes […]

I never had seen A man work so hard To pay the bills To provide necessities Even fishing He never stopped Standing in The raging river Not leaving Till he catches his limit. When the family comes He cannot be found Except in his room Where he hides Not from fear But just to be […]