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Energy Work

When the energy rises to my throat, I am met with fear. I’m surprised to discover it. It’s like that sometimes, the emotion lurking somewhere in my body, hesitant to make itself known. I can’t blame it; I used to be in the habit of rejecting what I felt automatically. My body doesn’t yet know… Continue reading Energy Work

Gathering

I’m eighteen and I’m standing in the doorway of your house And you are telling me it’s just a phase Couched in your scorn is implied meaning That I am wrong to claim this part of me as identity And soon I will realize it I’m not surprised to hear this from you I didn’t… Continue reading Gathering

Today I noticed our old path Where we used to walk after school In the thin gray light of winter days Grown sparse and strange The branches spindly The grasses threadbare Even the shadows were shadows Of their former selves No longer holding unknown entities Antagonists of our inner narratives But simply places Where light… Continue reading Change

Starting Over

It’s not that he didn’t want to start over. Max could see a relatively compelling image of the next several years of his life: in this image he was more at ease, more successful, and things were lining up just right, and there were some new people in his life that made him wonder how… Continue reading Starting Over