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There Was Nothing Wrong With Her
I was not a priest,but I paced outside her bedroom with Mother Mary in my hands and God’s word in my heart.She scratched and clawed at the walls,damning the door with her hurt, hateful screeching,and all I wanted to do was heal the girl.My hands burned, apprehensive and anxious,and she howled,pleading for relief as I…
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First Time Caller
Hey.Hi.Hola. No,it doesn’t matter what my name is,you wouldn’t be able to spell it,so there’s no use in me telling.There’s some things I need to tell,some things that are scorching my soul,and I’m starting to wonder if beneath my skin lies a madness,some kind of sickness,that I don’t know how to fix. I looked at…
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His Love Scared Me To Death
He told me, a trembling wretch, to be unafraid,and I was uncomfortable with the request,despite his gaze, so gentle, giving me some comfort.He told me that he had overcome the world and all its trouble,and I couldn’t conceive it.The smallest things were such a struggle, that the world’s truest troubles were too much to even…
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A List Of Things I Lost My Mind Over At 4AM
It is 4am and I need to empty out my head because every time she hits the pillow, she pauses to read aloud another tortured thought, and, of course, that means no sleep, so I have a sly plan, to make a list, leaving it all in the lines, so I can lie down and…
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The Truth, On National Coming Out Day.
I have known I was a lesbian since I was about ten, and it scared me to death. Well, I say that, but it was more that I knew I was interested in women, not men, but didn’t know what that really meant since I was about ten. More on why that was in a…