Change

… (a letter)

Since the beginning, my friend, you have been with me, inseparable through it all.

Though my parents hadn’t encouraged me in the pursuit of my dreams, my friend showed that he believed in me, and that sometimes we may need to pivot.

(1,436 words)

I know the world is a scary place right now. I will not sugar coat that fact.

(478 words)

The river she flows deep tonight, her banks are overrun, washing away the heaviness, collapsing ’neath the flood.

How much does one have to suffer before we accept them on our shores? Is their pain enough to satisfy us, the gatekeepers of freedom?

“Friends will come and go, but family is forever.” — Mom

We sit in comfort and watch them there, from the safe repose of our easy chair.

…the result was the same…my problems were still there, staring me in the face.

(732 words)

I don’t have much left:

I am not what your words declare me to be.