advice to my 15-year-old self

Keep writing; it defines you.

you are about to meet your wife;

she is not your current crush.

Your dad is dying.

In a couple of months, he’ll know.

It will take two years.

Except for your wife,

who you do not know yet,

no one thinks like you.

Poetry will save you

now, and again forever:

so read more, write more.

You will become who you are.

Quit German, learn Spanish.

(September 17, 2018)