“The kids in my communities didn’t really have that much to look forward to.
But I kept pushing to see what lay far, far, far beyond the farthest horizons.”
“The kids in my communities didn’t really have that much to look forward to.
But I kept pushing to see what lay far, far, far beyond the farthest horizons.”
“I see glimpses of my true self returning.”
“Effort to get to the impromptu interview was swept aside by their limited hours.”

“Zoom around a bit, brother…”
“I am not ready….and now I feel as if I never again will or even can be,” she replied, afraid and confused but risking to speak with open honesty.
“Well,..I guess it’s up to me to help you feel differently,” he countered as an eyebrow quirked impishly but seriously.
And for the first time, she felt a glimmer of hope begin to wtiggle out from the rubble under which it had been burried by life’s prior catastrophes.
“I have come for you. Are you ready?” the man of her dreams informed her upon his arrivsl.
She stopped what she was doing and just looked at him, dumbfounded.
I don’t know how I could participate and still be myself now in a relationship.
The excellent qualities I contributed in the past were turned against me.
If all I may ever truly rely on is myself, I must defend my autonomy.