I looked around, feeling the darkness pressing in — not just in the world but also in my mind and my heart. Why does the pain of this life have to be so crippling? I get up, only to be knocked down again. I no longer feel as though I’m running, but I’m limping. ...
Beyond the cracked sidewalk, and the telephone pole with layers of flyers in a rainbow of colors, and the patch of dry brown grass there stood a ten-foot-high concrete block wall, caked with dozens of coats of paint. There was a small shrine at the foot of it, with...
I was called disrespectful. I was called untrue. I was called untrustworthy. I was called a manipulator. I was accused of being a seducer. I was accused of being an adulterer. I was said to have no friends and said I’d have many problems in the future. I was...
