Poetry Vol. I: Recurring Dream

RECURRING DREAM

I’m walking down

A lonely road

A road I do not know

With every step,

I lose a tooth

A part of me

Left behind

My biggest fear

Is losing my teeth

So I don’t want to take another step

But

I have to see what’s on the other side

A poem written by Brooke Thorn McGowan in 2013 and published in 2014. This was the first poem she ever read at an open mic in 2015.