Short Perspective Teenage Life Poem

Father's Day
( short perspective teenage life poem )

Father's Day

my son is sixteen
I am not

it is not easy
to remember sixteen
and all that comes with it

besides,
sixteen years ago
is very different
than sixteen now

I am learning
a new level
of letting go

Simple Modern Helpful Teenage Life Poem

Dog Chasing a Dream
( simple modern helpful teenage life poem )

Dog Chasing a Dream

does he wander
in the same sun
pathlessly ponder
in the same sun
lean on the same
thoughts as I?

who is this man?
thinking, thinking

sitting in the window
cigarette in hand
hand on forehead
eyes on something
not before him
but after him
like a dog
chasing a dream

Short Dumpster Diving Sad City Life Poem

Detroit
( short dumpster diving sad city life poem )

Detroit

shopping alley
grocery can
smelling cart of
early morning
late night
sadness

the art of salvaging

as the city sleeps
a man teaches his son