The Day I Realized I Was Gay — What is right And what I am Faith and Trust Begin where the sidewalk ends My mind stays cemented While my heart runs away Wishes and rules How can I do what’s right I wrote the above in April of seventh grade. I remember it vividly. It was the first…

A poem about names —

We all have battles between our hearts and our heads — Sometimes you get stuck between your feelings and a hard place, what you want and what you should do. It is an age-old battle that takes place between the head and the heart. We have all been there and we will all be again. …

The church’s part in my story — I am not allowed to give this talk. It might hurt people’s feelings. I have wanted to talk to my church for a long time. At first, it was just wanting to say my piece, to make myself feel better, and hurt them because they hurt me. After a lot…

You should listen — If only getting out from under student loans were as easy as asking for forgiveness and promising never to do something that stupid again. I would gladly wax poetically about my stupidity and return the degree to fix this. Sadly it doesn’t work like that. This new forgiveness program is…

A poem about who you used to be — I don’t want you in my head anymore Always been a crowded space Too many voices Voices with sharp sides that cut paths Grooves too deep to erase Voices with hard corners that catch and snag Sudden jolting tears that leave gaps slow to fill Voices smooth as sandpaper Leaving…

We are more difficult to love than we think — We are all hard to love. There are very few of us who are easy to love. Especially not through all of our seasons in life. Young and Cute We give our parents a hard time but they come the closest and deserve a lot more credit if they love like parents are…

A letter to the person I was then — Some folks like to write a letter to their younger selves and tell them all the things they have learned. …

Giving yourself a standard answer means no fretting over decisions — I can’t stand agonizing over decisions. And we waste so much time on the simple ones. There is a reason great minds like Steve Jobs wore the same outfit every day or world-class athletes eat the same breakfast for months. If you waste all your mental effort on the little…