by Rickey Rivers Jr.
Her shoulder
was stained
with tears
of another.
Leaning tower of friendship.
His shoulder
was stained
with tears
of his mother.
Leaning tower of family.
Rickey Rivers Jr. was born and raised in Alabama. He is a writer and cancer survivor. His poetry has appeared in Former Cactus, the Ginger Collect, Vamp Cat Magazine, a Twist in Time Magazine, and is forthcoming in Mojave Heart Review and Royal Rose Magazine (among other publications). Follow him on Twitter @storiesyoumight or on https://storiesyoumightlike.wordpress.com/.