Like Raindrops

I am not a Buddhist 
(neither was he)

I am a follower
of the neon
light of liberation 

Free of being right
I strive to see

how my poetry 
can hold many 
truths, all of them

sentenced to
death

George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat ReviewMoria Poetry JournalChronogram JournalAmpersand Literary ReviewThe Angle at St. John Fisher College, and 3:16 Journal. George’s blogs, essays and letters have appeared in USA TodayThe Wall Street JournalThe AtlanticHavana TimesSouth China Morning PostThe Buffalo News, and more. 

See all his poems on Tea House here.

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