Know That I Too
We are never alone (a poem for mental health month)

Brian D. Roth : Writing

I Would Rather Not Speak of Love

I Would Rather Not Speak of Love

A Poem by Brian D. Roth


I would rather not speak of lovewhen words flow like wineonly to be damned by the coming of the dawnSpent are our spirits in sips and spillswhen our e..
Wisdom

Wisdom

A Poem by Brian D. Roth


Tonight, rather than weighing less than autumn leaffalling from a branch both brittle and beautifula man's spirit is heavy like brimstoneHeat hides be..
Echo

Echo

A Poem by Brian D. Roth


The whispers of lovers whose words once dangled from willowsand dreamcatchersduring tender moments of warmth and hush hushflutter like a cauldron of b..
Labyrinth of Wellness

Labyrinth of Wellness

A Poem by Brian D. Roth


When a virus slips past your vales of vitalityand cautionand infests your fickle orificesspreading germs throughout your soul like the ashes of a brus..
Plateau

Plateau

A Poem by Brian D. Roth


I stand upon the ledges of lifelike a peacockeager to spread its wingsand cast its ambitions into a miraculous moonbeamrevealing a rainbow as vibrant ..
Kiss

Kiss

A Poem by Brian D. Roth


If a candle wishes to glow,'it cannot do it on its ownIt needs another's touchto deliver a kiss of flame
Fall

Fall

A Story by Brian D. Roth


When I was nine years old during the summer of '87, I fell out of my grandfather's old oak tree. I don't remember how high up I was, ten feet or so or..
A Man May Dream

A Man May Dream

A Poem by Brian D. Roth


Sure, a man may dreameven if that's all he has left to hold ontowhile treading the waters of a world whose realitiesensnare like reefsand entangle lik..
From A Mountaintop

From A Mountaintop

A Poem by Brian D. Roth


Dressed to the nines,my Sunday best ironed to hot perfectionI kneel at the altar during CommunionMeanwhile, my phone shrieks at me from inside my pock..
I so often find

I so often find

A Poem by Brian D. Roth


I so often findI have a mind that doesn't really mind swirling and twirling two strands of spiderweb at a timemaybe threebut certainly no more than th..