Category: Essays
The Weight of Her Grief
How had she found this luminous line amid the darkness of her pain?
Read MoreTimes I Thought of Running Away
Beyond that, road, then hills, then places beyond this where a person can disappear.
Read MoreHow To Be Less Lonely in Six Steps
Your garden’s gladiolas fold up their long-leaved blossoms every night and spread wide their lush colors again each dawn.
Read MoreHard-Fought Pedal Pushing
But the secret I was keeping was that I felt so very weak.
Read MoreHome…Is Not Nowhere
For years, I thought home was lost.
Read MoreNights in the Hospital
Soon enough, I was going to be an orphan.
Read MoreSelf-Portrait as Ricochet
I realize now I’m a ricochet of who I used to be, just a nest of hair working hard to make sense of my scars.
Read MoreThe Ghost in Me
I try to pull myself together.
Read MorePool Games
I never had so much fun failing.
Read MorePraying by Ear
The waterfall’s presence is wild, anarchic: a million faucets turned on full blast.
Read MoreThe Hands of the Nurse
The hands of the nurse held the hands of death and the tiny fists of new life.
Read MoreTwo Tables
But when I tried to picture the kitchen without the curved white table, without the placemats and phone and flowers, I felt something gnaw and tilt low in my stomach.
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