Tuesday, November 1, 2016

BEST BURDEN




fatherhood is the best
burden i have

shouldered; we say
we raise children

but truth is we
carry them always

our hearts nearly bursting
from the strain, and just

when we set them down
they need back up again.

old people have been known
to shrink under the weight of this

glorious
unrelenting
perfect
pain.

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