The WXW 30/30 Poetry Challenge 2014
Day 1 of 30: things we carry
Heavy Burdens
There are too many burdens
to bear on a back that doesn't crack
but he manages it; he keeps himself up straight
and refuses to fall.
He might have fell
long ago, if there hadn't been
those springboards of support
to snap him back up.
He'd snapped a few; he'd taped them back up
with cello tape and made do
until they were fully mend
and he'd collapse
with his full weight once more.
In a way, it wasn't he
who carried it all, but all of them
together