Almost Time to Fly

Almost Time to Fly

The whisperings of our potential ring throughout nature in the most unlikely of places. I walk my trashcan back after pick-up. Sure wish that emptied can smelled better than it does. Even though the better part of me doesn’t want to look inside, I can’t...
What Other People Think of You is Stupid

What Other People Think of You is Stupid

“If I’ma die, I’ma die givin’ everything that I have. Take a deep breath, I don’t need y’all’s respect. I’m a reject–kid at recess playin’ games with his make-believe friends.” -N.F. What Other People Think of You...
Death And The Ultimate Healing

Death And The Ultimate Healing

Thanks But No Thanks As a teen, I met a man of around eighty. He was at my high school, the location he’d arrived at to vote. We struck up a brief conversation before my day started and he went home, having done his civic duty. He shared with me about his life and I...
The Path You Must Take

The Path You Must Take

The Same and Different A man lies in a hospital bed dying of cancer, his emaciated body filled with suffering. He is ghastly. Another man struts through a nearby office building in the prime of life, wealthy and in need of nothing. He is handsome. Could there be a...