The veil of rejection


I had one of those strange revelations of mind and spirit this morning. I’ve been ruminating on another break in anonymity that occurred yesterday. Maybe I’ll post about it at some point but suffice to say that it’s happened twice now by the same person. I’m not happy about it. I’m going to talk to the person who not only broke my anonymity but my wife’s and explain as plainly as I can why this isn’t a good thing.

With that rolling around in my head last night, I woke up in an out of sorts mood. I wasn’t angry as…

read more

the problem with revealing my life…


the problem with revealing my life to all of you
is when things go badly,
i must reveal that too.

i had a date.
the date went well.
we liked each other a lot.
he thought I, and I thought him
to be quite swell.

plans were made
to see each other again.
and the very next day
more plans were made,
so we might see one another
sooner than planned before.

but when tomorrow came
something suddenly interfered
and the plan was cancelled.
no big deal,
or so I thought.

until,
“i’ll call you back in 5 minutes.”
went totally unfulfilled.
my concern was piqued,
as the phone sat silent
cruelly taunting me.

i’m being too sensitive, i thought.
until…

“i’ve moved on so i must…

read more