Downtown by John Drudge

For fresh and fervent
Sensations
We set out
Between fear
And emancipation
Two-tone trips
Beyond the mountains
Of our growth
And the tripping stones
Of our thickening
Shouting past
Shadows on the subway
Through tunnels
Of expansive thought
On our journey
Downtown

John works as a clinical social worker and is the president of a national disability management company. He holds degrees in Social Work, Psychology, and Rehabilitation Services and has studied philosophy extensively.  He is an avid traveler and a long-term student of the martial arts holding a 3rd degree black-belt in Kempo Karate. His diverse educational and experiential background gives him a broad base from which to approach many topics in his poetry. John currently lives with his wife and two children in Caledon, Ontario, Canada.