HE THOUGHT HE ERASED HIS SON BY BURNING EVERY POSSESSION HE OWNED BUT SIX YEARS LATER THE TRUTH IN THE MAILBOX LEFT HIM SPEECHLESS

he went for the things that carried the weight of my soul including my mothers old coffee mug and the framed graduation photo I had kept tucked away like a treasure. When he struck the match the flames rose with a hungry roar curling paper and warping plastic into blackened unrecognizable shapes. He looked at me through the heat and the haze and uttered continue reading …