Identity
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I Took Your Name
I took your name in taking your name I lost nothing but: loneliness the lie I can live life alone the confusion that happens when I attempt to make sense of the world by myself I lost any desire to search for someone else my cynical views of romance that tense, gnawing sense I Continue reading
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When I am On Display
I really am my own worst enemy I think I need to fight myself when the war for my heart has already been won but I bleed mistrust my wounds ooze insecurity so I bandage them up myself still acting like I don’t know my role like I am ad-libbing this character but Continue reading
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A Handful of Crumbs- Thoughts on Grace & Identity
I picked up this memoir by Kim Sunee, “Trail of Crumbs” partially because the cover was pretty, partially because it was on clearance for $5, but mostly because of the subtitle, “Hunger, Love and the Search for Home.” That subtitle could just as well describe the book I am currently working on, “The Wizard of Continue reading
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Why I Don’t Wear “The Ring.”
This is a ring. It says “Semper Honorablus” which mean “Always Honorable” in Latin, I guess. I was given this ring when I was eighteen, after “committing to live a life of honor.” I don’t talk about this much. I might say casually when people ask me where I went to school, “Oh, this errr… Continue reading
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1 am and I need to be reminded who I am
I am the girl who never let gravity get in the way but I am still afraid to fly I am not bound by the illusion of time and space yet I find myself grounded in my own mind I am the girl who dances with gypsys who walks barefoot alone, empty pockets and complete Continue reading
Brooke Gale LouvieR 