Your audience may not be able to listen,
in the fashion that you speak
Your readers may not be able to discern,
those meanings that you preach
Your lovers may not be able to hold
your feelings in their hands
Your future may not be able to serve
—what the present can't withstand
(James River Writers Conference: Richmond: October,2016)
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem