Author: Michael

Too Good Perhaps

I understand that I must turn my back on perfection to embrace excellence and my sanity. This shift is mine to make. Despite the sense of loss that I feel in ending my search for something that cannot be found, I feel even more...

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Trapped In An Elevator

She’s there. Maybe four feet away. Her mahogany colored complexion contrasting vividly with the matte finished steel wall of the elevator. The scene reminding me of a silver bracelet with dark wood inlays that I didn’t buy. I...

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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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