The bird asks not
where he shall eat
or where he'll go 

he flies with all grace
without a doubt
free from all cares 

what is death to him 
but a break from fight 
or a haven past his sight


John Othello

is a seventeen year-old high-school graduate, was first introduced to poetry inside a library on a rainy October day in 2009. Aside from being a writer, John is an average teenager who is anxiously anticipating college in the fall. John lives in the small country town of Smithfield, VA with his family and beloved cat.



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