Lungs. Heart. Mind. Body. Soul. All the atoms are in sync. In touch. In time.

In this place of mine Sheltered, hidden, from the outside world.

Trying is key Trying is all I'll ever be.

I sit here wondering where did the time go. Wondering the why's, what's, who's in my life.

It was late, when she turned onto Caldwell, wondering if the kids were in bed yet, if her husband had remembered to take out the recycling. She was ticking through e-mails still unanswered when she spotted the dark form, lying, knees to chest on a bench in front of St. Albans.

"The country, the world is in turmoil. War, famine, elections, family holidays. It’s clear I should hoard something. I have checked the online panic-osphere, but no one has announced what to obsessively stock up."

By Kristy Holditch “Once upon a time, just off a dirt road in a town called Larkspur Falls, there lived a house.” “Woah, woah, woah…...

I didn’t understand Tommy was not coming back  even after I witnessed his casket disappear in the ground at Westview Cemetery.

In those moments, I allowed myself to admit I was a prisoner of war. A war, I fought alone, against logic, without hope. 

For all of the connection my father and I didn't have, he accidentally connected me with the most potent source of magic there is: music. 

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