Lexi Klein Portfolio

I know that
worry is a four-letter word
but I can’t seem to find it in my dictionary
it’s missing

I know that sometimes
the pile of work in front of me
should promote anxiety
or at the very least
a drop of care

I know that at times
the expectations:
socially, mentally, physically, emotionally…
they should have some effect
at age 21, but not yet…

I know that oftentimes
the future should scare me
light a little fire under this 5-foot-7 frame
but it doesn’t

I know that you’re always worried
you say it’s your duty to
“Because a father’s job is to worry–”
that’s what you always say
declared as a fact, never fiction

And you know what?
I know that you’re right
in a way, since all this time
you’ve worried enough
for the both of us

But I do worry
for just one thing
and that is 
that one day
you won’t be here 
to take the worry away