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The Wailing Wall

21 Apr 2022
It was smaller than I imagined. In my mind, I had conceived it as this enormous barrier, unyielding and reaching for the sky. But it was not like that at…
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Storm Chaser

16 Feb 2022
It happens this way, sometimes. A cold afternoon; an ominous evening wind. The door to the apartment swept open without hurry, and I turned. There was no one there. I…
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Persephone’s Garden

12 Dec 2021
There was a shadowinnate and endless.Lodged into thecavern of myheart. I put it aside.But still I heard it,chanting its wordsinto the silence:dangerbloodfear. The portal to the soul stood open.I thought…
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Mabon Moon

22 Sep 2021
Tell my ancestors that I have not forgotten them, even though I sleep in a strange land now, and my bones may sleep in foreign soil; Tell them I remember…
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Strictly Rhetorical

19 Jun 2021
And of all the stupid things, I start to think: Would it be so bad? Couldn't I see myself spending a lifetime here? With the sun on my skin and…
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Little Stories

1 Apr 20211 Apr 2021
When I was growing up, I knew a lady who lived in a house in a middle of a field, without hot running water. When she wanted a bath, she…
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A Meditation on Conflict

18 Aug 202016 Aug 2020
Once upon a time, I turned to my longsword instructor and asked, "Can we spar?" He was dubious about it, because the difference in our ability was not small. "I…
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Peaceful Warrior

16 Jul 202016 Jul 2020
One day there was no fight left in me. I wasn’t sure what happened to it. Did it drop out of me, or did it simply disappear? Did something release,…
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Hello, Little Heart

12 Jul 2020
I am afraid of the tremulous weight of my own existence. What it means to exist; what responsibility is placed upon my shoulders by the sheer happenstance of my birth.…
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The Smallest Things Inspire Me

13 Jun 202029 May 2020
I once visited an Iranian grandmother in her home. She made Turkish coffee in delicate cups, and fed me pumpkin pie and chocolates. “It is always like this, back home,”…

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Imperial Odyssey: Blood Ties (Efflorescence Book 2)

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