I Ask Too Much of Myself

Poetry
Written By Joshua Wait

by Joshua Wait

I ask too much of myself

drink a river
with a bamboo straw

perform brain surgery
with a pencil and an eraser

travel the world
in a balsa wood canoe 

reassemble a tree
from its scattered ashes

quell the riot
with a basket of muffins

I ask too much of myself 

get out of bed
and face the day

 
 

Joshua Wait is a writer and an artist. He founded Blue Rivers to provide a space for poetry, art, and photography. This poem was published in Wishing To Be Human

Joshua Wait

Joshua Wait studied English at UC Berkeley. He wrote his undergraduate thesis on the relationship between art and

poetry in the New York School. He received a Masters in Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. He has served in programs for children, youth, and college students, in an organization addressing climate change, and in the tech industry as a CTO. He currently divides his time between his family and his artistic practice.

https://www.bluerivers.org
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