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  • Why Nepal and Why Now

    It is hard facing the dark after a beautiful light is so suddenly extinguished and yet Stevie Nicks’ haunting voice rises up to remind me, “there’s a heartbeat and it never really dies.” This, I remind myself as I sit at a funeral of an 18-year-old who’d died so tragically in a car accident a…

  • Autumn of My Youth

    the leaves are red turning brown dying down the wind blows a little less fresh my cheeks are paler now instead of thickening my skin is becoming thin my dreams and disappointments more transparent with each intake of breath there’s a shudder of fear that nothing will come out where youth ends life life is…