She looked at her own face and saw true joy. In her eyes she saw a genuine sparkle. All those years she was missing. And didn’t know it. She simply thought it was motherhood. …

This pain, this stress, this suffering, I’ve felt and touched it, too. Life is much more than this This joy, this calm, this rejoicing, I’ve felt and touched it, too. Life has much more …

Always the games. The dares. He dared me to wear my mother’s wig to town, To put her clothes on, and her shoes. To chase my mother with a mummified rat, And mock her …

When I frozeI went to sleepOr at least my body didNot so for my soul I was shifting into beingAlthoughI did not see that I felt something frame itselfAround meSwallow my voice What happens …