Morality binds and blinds us.

War is funny that way. It turns white tulips red. War turns common men into soldiers, boys into men too early, men into corpses, and wives into widows.

Heartbreak

Alas! My poor heart has already been broken.

You’re buying that ice cream with time. Don’t overspend.

Raising a feminist mother

I am her daughter and teacher. My mother and I have always had that kind of relationship. She inspires me with…

If the Shoe Fits

Where did he get his morals?

If I live to be 80, today I have used up a quarter of my life.

Time. Gratitude.

I watched you go down that little path so badly beaten

A half remembered dream.

In my head, perhaps in a dream- a half forgotten dream- I have written this a thousand times, and each time I put…

Manipulation

Be weary my child
from when the sun rises
till its daily death
and when the moon conquers
for the dark hearts always linger
ready to…