Ordinary
It would've been too much for an ordinary woman: to watch her children play with the little girl next door, to watch her husband take money and food to the…
Confidence
“I’m a good man,” he congratulated himself after giving his wife the “night off” to tend to herself for a change. His newborn daughter had slept peacefully, which may have…
Destiny
She answered to Destinybut dismissed its significancelike there wasn’t anyto cling to, not that she could seesitting at the back of the busbecause she wanted to feel lonely,isolated from her…
Better
I deserve better,he urged with compassion,attempting to unfetteran attraction he imagined. He urged with compassionso my heart might withstandlosing a companion,having no man. So my heart might withstand?Does he think…
Mountains
When the mountain first appears a mile ahead,there's time to trick the mind into believingit's not too much for you, you can conquer this.There's time to tell the heart not…
Soul Mates
I remember drowningin the Nileand watching youscoff as I sank Historians say they don’t knowhow I diedbut you and I knowthe truth Two thousand years later,you had evolved I remember…
Needs Analysis
I did not need hypnosisor therapy I did not need specialistsor an individualized plan I did not need a vigilor divine intervention I needed to make up my mind July…
Motivation
And in the morningwhen I felt my spine cracking under the pressureand I felt my blood labored by the pollutantsand I felt my systems losing their ability to forgiveand I…
Streams
I was born into youlike a fish who knows its streambut cannot describe waterand to those who always needed you,never breathed you like air,you were just the ocean—a vast, seductive,…
Left Behind
We left them behindwith willful intent,presence of mind,and heart-filled content. With willful intent,we chose to forgive,not so we’d forget,but so we could live. We chose to forgivefor the pain we…