the sun You and I have always shared secrets. The kind that set you free. We exchange lifetimes of knowing. We alternate. You’re born awake. Me. Then you. I have chosen to make this time an exception. I am telling you everything. I like to think that you’ve considered this in the past, that you’ve wanted to save me. I wouldn’t be telling you all of this if I didn’t know without a shadow of a doubt that it is the only way we will ever...
the moon Regardless of how I try to spend my time alone, your imprint controls my thought processes. Our history carves my actions. The thing is, we both know better. We know we’re only harming ourselves - holding onto death. Refusing to make room for life. We want him to suffer eternally, regardless of what it does to us. You are perfect to me. You are my only understanding of perfection. When we had a child together it was perfect. Our...
the star I dove back into my work. Life was more peaceful when he stopped talking to me. I thought of you every day. I told myself it wasn’t constraining me while I burnt patchouli oil and practiced yoga. I told myself it was liberating. For a brief period it felt that way. A client came to me shortly after losing her teenage son to leukemia. I held her hands with closed eyes and talked about how much it meant to her little boy that she still...
the tower Blood relationships mean nothing in the scheme of things. The more my father spoke to me. The less I listened. He became frustrated. Assertive. He interrupted my thoughts one afternoon. I cannot help you if you will me not to. I will never stop trying. This attempt is complete. The three of us have ancient history. You and I are meant to have a child. Two centuries ago our child was kidnapped. Murdered. Neither one of us overcame the...
temperance Many of my most valuable lessons have come during meditation. You are not the type to meditate. You think it’s a waste of time and suppose all to know comes about during daily routines. I am fiercely disciplined. If I did not choose to balance daily happenings, life would be chaos. You wouldn’t mind that though. You find something romantic about chaos. You’ve told me that on more than one occasion. You and I are different in...