Featured Poem
Falling Through the Cracks
By Tyler Olsen
October 6, 2008
Artwork by Nick Welliver
October, 2008
Slipping, slippage
It doesn’t start at exactly the same time
but for most of us,
it begins with the same feeling
The feeling that things are changing
and we aren’t capable of keeping up
Our lives now are the result of our past choices
but the children making these choices
are the products of past circumstances
Whatever those situations may be,
it all comes down to the same feeling
The feeling of slipping
Of losing your footing
and part of yourself in the process
The feeling of hopelessness is certainly there,
but it isn’t an honest feeling
There is hope,
for all of us
It’s just sometimes hard to see
through the fog of bad choices
While there is help,
you have to make the initial first move
and ask for it
Ask for someone to clear your path with you
You have to let go of the slipping feeling,
and find someplace safe to walk
