No One Sees Us as We Are

aging, change, life, poetry, response, teaching

She said

I can’t imagine you young

in school

a time when you didn’t know

everything—

*

I know less and less each year

he thought

so much confidence and verve

years ago

now only anxiety and doubt

(December 18, 2019)

Published by subtextures

I am a poet and a teacher living in central Texas. I attended The University of Texas at Austin, and Middlebury College's Breadloaf School of English.

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