older now
than you were
dead father
but still you have
an opinion
about everything I do
:::
to grow is not to settle
a painful past it’s more
like a sapling weaving up
through chain link fencing
engulfing the wire
to become its own post
:::
my only prayer
if I’m worthy
a mote tossed
in the universe
seeking a moment’s glide
add me to what love is
Bio: Daryl Scroggins
