Upriver

Upstream I do not like walking around my neighborhood It reminds me of how far I have not come I never imagined my life to be this way I lived the life of academic success, Hard work Be kind to everyone   Where am I? Not where I was told I would be   Or…

Embrace

Embrace I am not your savior for the day Nor am I an expert in anything All of these experts I hear the future laughing at them “Those thoughts are ridiculous! Everyone knows that isn’t so!” I just don’t want to be there I don’t want to be in that group Known for not just…

Autumn (Change)

Autumn An introverted poet Often it is an inanimate life Filled with avoidance Loneliness Introspection Questions Doubts   People seem more like interruptions Than the gifts they truly are I can sit all night and wish upon a star Yet if there is no one else to share it with What does it ever really…