Breaking My Heart

Reality strikes. The culmination of almost eighteen years arrives. Preparation is futile, letting go is unnatural. Paternal instinct says love, protect, and care; release is never part of the plan. This morning I walked out my front door, as I do five mornings a week. Only this morning was different. This morning the normally comforting Read More

Dwelling Place

Reflection can be a dangerous activity, one that allows our mind to travel where we did not intend to go. Thus was the case with me one recent morning. It was my first day back on the track in about a month. A temporary detour down a path of lesser resistance brought this epiphany; the Read More

Prison Break

Sir Darkness screams my name Tempter brandishes sword “Succumb to the cries; live no more.” Walls close in trapping their prey Will I survive another day? Mercy pleas echo throughout the chamber No one hears my cries of danger. Crawling swiftly, attempting to flee Sharp boulders gouge my naked knees. Blood oozes from wounded palms Read More

Parenting Schizophrenia

After my first born son graduated from high school, I arrived at this conclusion; parents are psychotic. The aforementioned bittersweet event launched a moment of refection or hysterics, depending on perspective. Bottom line; the American Psychiatric Association was founded shortly after Adam and Eve begat Cain and Abel. According to Wikipedia Dissociative identity disorder (DID) Read More