The Mortal Test

The Mortal Test is about exploring the heart

and soul of humanity and attempts to define what

it means to be human. Building one's character is a

major theme as well as how man experiences the

natural world. In these poems, I strive to venture

through the pain of being human while also sending

a final message of hope. My dream is that by

reading it, a person may find inner strength to

battle through this gauntlet we call life and carry

on despite the odds or what other might say.

Ryan M. Dixon was born in Princeton, New Jersey,