Biography series: Tomás Rivera

I still feel it

by Joel Howard

Inspired by the childhood and life of author Tomás Rivera

When I grow up

I would be a writer

"If people don't read,

What is a writer?"

Car accident when I was young

Inspired my first heart's song

Felt a feeling I still get

Whenever I get my feet wet

Working on the farms as a child

Who could think of another life?

The feeling I get and others too

Is a feeling that motivates me to write to you

Often missing school so I could work

Had to catch up, had to catch up

Life's hardships create a faster run

Life's hardships create a faster climb

I write in Spanish, but you have a problem with that

I write in Spanish, what's wrong with that?

"Limited audience, don't you think?"

That doesn't negate the feeling within me

Thank you grandpa for the fun times

Thank you grandpa for the school supplies

Thank you grandpa for encouraging my life

Thank you grandpa, all the time

Year Four