Poems by Patron

On Adulthood's Front Porch

A youth standing tall
Who looks straight ahead
With chin held erect
By his tilted head.

Boldness and sadness
Do show on his face
He mounts the front steps
and takes a new place.

His hands are trembling
He lifts one to knock
His breathing is quick-
The door is unlocked

Passing from childhood
Then over to this place
One great decision
Stares youth in the face.

Turn back? Or press on?
The choice is one's own
Press on? Or turn back?
One chooses alone

A youth standing tall
Who never looked back
With chin held erect
Ne'er weary or slack.

Boldness and sadness
Do show on his face
He enters the house-
and takes his new place.

Britta M.
Age 15