TRUTH

BY RAYVEN LOTCHES

Made for Rayven (detail), collage by Tracy Schlapp

When the moment feels like
forever and your strength feels
bleak
you feel yourself slipping,
let your heart speak
because when your heart speaks
the weight starts to lift
the heart always Spears
truth and truth fills riffs. | RL

RAYVEN IS AN ENROLLED MEMBER OF THE KLAMATH TRIBES OF SOUTHERN OREGON. DURING HIS INCARCERATION HE HAS FOUND POWER AND LOVE IN BOOKS AND WRITING. HE HOPES TO ONE DAY CONTRIBUTE THAT POWER AND LOVE WITH HIS READERS.