Humble And Humbled
Reality is far darker than I once imagined.
When you are a child, you believe you can have the world
that you can have anything
Can do anything
Be anyone and perhaps too, run the world
Someday
You tell yourself that the sky is the limit
that there is no limit in you
That not even the sky can hold you
and that you too will one day go out into space
and explore
Just because you dreamed it
yet our system
And this world
and this life is much more sobering
And hollow
and when you finally realize
that there is not a pot of gold
behind every rainbow
And sometimes sad days never truly turn around
when most America is behind on their rent
will never own a house
can never chase their dreams
And perhaps, knew their dreams were dead to begin with
along with the tatters of the illusion
Of the white picket fence
— you realize that to be an adult is to be humble
And humbled
As you struggle not to end up
out on the pavement and under a tent.
Hello! We’re D.J. Hoskins
We are Davena and Jason Hoskins, co-authors of 30+ books and siblings who write under the pseudonym D.J. Hoskins. Three years apart and in our twenties, we have been fascinated by stories from a young age. Davena is a student attending Princeton University, and Jason attends Georgetown University.
