Thoughts Down River Road

Thoughts Down River Road

a path I've come to know is

down the river road

its familiarity meets me strangely

which makes all the motion slowed

a life has its trials

and my feet remind me I'm able

to press on through many things

to find what is stable

there are men on the path too

running with their tops unclothed

and of course I'm free to look

but it's not what I wanted showed

my demands are proving too high

though what I hope for isn't perfection

and so I'll tell you with a sigh

I guess it's called a connection

~Erin Manthey (my housemate)