Why Write? – Anthony Harper

To my family it keeps me dry.
To my friends
I’m organizing chaos,
overlapping like fish scales.
To myself I lie.
When really I write
so maybe one day you’ll see my name
through a window
and read about yourself.
Really,
It’s so you might see me
how I see
you.
Anthony Harper is a new writer, who recently left the United States Navy, after serving four years. Originally from Baltimore Maryland, he now resides in sunny Pensacola Florida with his dog Maggie Lamar-Jackson Harper.