Departure

at the station
my emotional luggage in one suitcase
my personal growth in the other
starting a one year journey
and although it’ll be rough
my terminus is happiness

Evolution

I'm more me now.

I'm the main character!

(in a cheap novel)

Seven lean years

Years of cutting cords
got the lost one in my hand and ...

Shakespeare revised

To be or to be conscious.
That is the question!

Captain's drift

open and above board
without animosity
shaping my course
aiming at Shangri-La

Point of no return

Phobos or Deimos...

Fledging

slumbering life
silent suffering
the unknown sacrifice

Startling new intelligence estimate that Tehran isn't working on a bomb.

No kidding?