I was addressed today in the secret silent language that everyone knows; except for me. It was assumed I’d know exactly

I see no reason now to disguise this naked heart and soul of mine. You can hide there

I was surrounded by many desperate, troubled people. There was much drinking, drugging, and violence. Women were being bought and sold,

I come to the village well today, though without a need to drink. My worldly thirst now quenched, with home and hearth supplied. I am here to fill a deeper vessel

From the first remembered breath, I was running to escape. I didn’t need a map. It didn’t matter which direction. It hurt too much for any fool to s…

My garments have been stripped awa… along with any hope of tender merc… These feet made bare and sorely bl… It’s time again to bear your earth… Still it seems you know not what y…

“Don’t say anything!” spoke the shadow in the doorway. I was seven years of age. I lay limp upon the couch, still recovering from

The old priest gazes out upon his… each head bowed before the sacred… A scarred and broken bodied warrio… seeking inner peace and final abso… An elderly wealthy man of commerce…

This trembling grief is for a long lost soul, a young, guileless child I once knew as me. I truly believed

Everything he has ever been taught alerts him to avert that dancing f… What is it then that demands he mu… proceed towards his certain fiery… Some deep and ancient voice within

You play your cards so well. Looks like you’ve had a lot of pra… You seem to have a thorough grasp of all the rules of the game. As you cover every angle,

The storm is brewing. I smell it in the air. I am panicking. I fear this tempest might cost my life.