Suffering adheres to Eight-fold fears Pleasure, pain Loss, gain Praise, blame

‘Tis the season of stressed-out dr… ’Tis the season of awkward gatheri… ‘Tis the season of desperate lonel… ‘Tis the season of holiday decorat… ‘Tis the season of old couples hol…

We live complicated lives Unbound by expectation Unfettered by conventional ties Living lives of our own creation We love in complicated ways

Although you were not my prey, you… You are a rare catch, but you stil… If I were to selfishly keep you,… Setting you free is the right thin…

Brothers by choice parallel fate Touchstone comparisons drunken deb… Age-old choices faced by the pair Live with integrity or die in desp… Crushing burdens take their toll

Open heart, open mind Expecting nothing, all I find Scars reopened, piercing pains Flirtatious banter, cute pet names Anxious jitters, chest explodes

A tearful memory of dreams unreconciled in our present-day reality

I hear your despair in the dark vo… I call out to you, but you seem an… Feeling our way. I don’t know what to say. Feeling your pain.

I had lost my bearings and was dri… Your love beaconed me like a star… Your light led me out of the darkn… In your arms I found catharsis. I must give credit where credit is…

Aggressive questioning of settled… New eyes seeing familiar scenes. Self-serving lies or self-deceptiv… Tribulations commence as the trial… Unsuspecting innocence and unguard…

While I am older, I still have much to learn from yo… Thanks for your labor!

I am confused by incongruent words… They don’t always make sense, my t… From past abuse I begin gleaning To fill the silence with meaning Meaning that’s not rooted in any h…

Powerful old white man demanding a… Does it matter if below the surfac… Little boy, frightened child. His sense of security defiled. On undependable adults he must rel…

Our souls fit together like two pu… When we’re together we do that whi… When we’re apart we sometimes forg… But, when we’re together we’re eac… We are connected eternally