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

was leaving to join a trade program in Columbus. I had a job lined up and a vision for a life that didn’t involve his shadow. He called me ungrateful selfish and weak but as I watched the smoke rise into the night sky I realized he was the one who was truly impoverished. What he didn’t know as he laughed at my supposed ruin was that I had already outsmarted continue reading …