Author: Michael

Heading In

This is not my first time gulping down the barium. I don’t recall it being particularly problematic last time, but I have my moments when I’m very “go with the flow.”I would like a firm diagnosis and a course of action. Some...

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My Dark Side – Part 3

How might i integrate Mr. Lyde into an affirmative future? He is rageful and wrathful more than anything else. But what else could he be? How could my perception of him change to make him redeemable?A wounded beast striking out...

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My Dark Side – Part 2

I will name him Mr. Lyde. It is what my father called me when I was in line for a punishment of some sort.If he is the storm that colonizes a sunny day, then this moniker is appropriate. It’s also “safe” because he is frozen in...

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My Dark Side – Part 1

I don’t know his name.Yet I know him. It is good to know of him, but Meeting him is only desired by masochists. One guy wanted to know him, actually demanded an audience with him, then hid out for nearly four days when he met...

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Cost of Investment

My anxiety was evident enough. It was not that body out of sorts, but not really aware of it. No, it was upset stomach and farting all day kind of anxiety. I silently apologized to all of the folks sitting in proximity to me...

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