Maybe I don’t have to leave <br />this brilliant resting place. <br /> <br />I’ve been loaded down with too much weight. <br />‘Be somebody! ’ my dad said. <br /> ‘Get ahead and stay ahead! ’ <br />I was carrying his father’s hopes as well. <br /> <br />I got a head; a very, very heavy one. <br /> <br />Maybe I don’t have to write a book, or stifle irritation, or fit into the empty slot <br />because, <br />this empty slot, <br />this brilliant resting place <br />from where all things arise, <br />is <br />who I am.<br /><br />rashid maxwell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/brilliant-place/
