unpublished love 5

trastevere, il primo agosto reveal to me what i left behind 19 years ago presented with choices i did my best to remain intact a battle insignificant to most gave to me courage bravery gratitude reaching into the coffers i request a large withdrawal that depletes my accounts as i beg for mercy and ask…

BEING PRESENT

The price of being honest is worth the risk every time. That is the lesson I have learned this week. People tend to show their colors when confronted with honesty, a benefit to the truth teller. When honesty is not met with logic I admit to getting a little crazy. Even when the palms of…

ALMOST. BUT NOT TODAY

I almost forgot about my previous thirteen years of learning lessons. I almost started to make the same mistakes. I almost began the litany of self-doubt in my mind. I almost felt something close to heart break for decisions that I have no control over. I almost didn’t make the bed for two days as…

I CHOOSE LOVE

In the vastness of the universe, I believe that two emotions are at play: Love and fear. In my life, I have experienced the magnitude of both, the vastness, the depths, the highs, the isolation, the comradery. There was a time when I knew that love existed, but I did not believe in it. That…