I'm Child of West by-God Virginia. Not East, but West.

I'm Man of this beautifully diverse world.

I've eaten the fruit.

I've loved, served,

and learned.

I've dreamt of great distances and wide-open

spaces. I've lived in tight ones. I've longed

for the warmth of a distant hearth. I laugh.

I take pictures. I listen. I make life. (To be.)

I save. I give. I stay awhile. I run. I share.

And I don't. I wrote this with you in mind.

Then, I walked my dog. So,

what do you do?