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A Fantasy Poem of Childhood — In the Leisurely Moments of childhood events. In the early evening with childhood’s leisurely roam Seeking for Asylum In a leap of grand mom Under the high blue dome In the paradise of my home little heart’s limitless oceans Longings and craves, with emotions Crazy for fairy tales. Listening to it with great pleasure And in imagination With a great passion Wondering, “Aww, the…

CONVERSING WITH MY DEMONS I lie suspended in animation in conversation with my demons. Jaded with stories to tell. A part of me was grateful for the distraction. It was this foolishness, this desire to be something I wasn’t, that got me held into captivity that I couldn’t break free, which was considered a…

Young, Free, and Single or Lonely? — A few weeks ago, I posted an article in Weeds and Wildflowers about a woman faced with parental pressures on why a young woman can’t remain single forever. As soon as the words came out of her mother’s mouth, my mind started to do cartwheels. I heard her mother’s irrational…

“This is my issue, this is my mess, and I’ll have to deal with it.” I have things to say only my story can tell. But its cruelty is a reminder that I feared telling anyone. Life has beaten me up and broken me into splinters of who I used to be, and I hate every piece of what is left. Of all the people…

NO MONKEY BUSINESS — Smile at a stranger. See what happens. — -Patti LuPone I was driving back home on the highway listening to some 80’s music after seeing a friend. On my way, I glanced out the window and a thunderstorm rolled across the sky in the late afternoon. It sounded threatening. I thought to myself, despite the weather's appearance, it will soon…