POETRY AS A MEANS
by J. R. Hyland

POETRY AS A MEANS
by J. R. Hyland

I wrote:
Three poems today
And two the day before.
I’m trying not to hide
But I’m afraid,
Of everything.

I wrote:
Three poems today
And two the day before.
I want to die, and go
Beyond this realm,

But I can’t go
Until I write some poems.