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Tag: Friendship
As Above, So Below: How Our Friendships Reveal the Ways We See Ourselves
‘As above, so below’ is an adage often attributed to ancient Egyptian philosophy; it means that the micro-universe, our world, … More
Touched by an Angel – A Poem about Grief
The lives that come are the ones that go And some belong to the kindest people we know Among us … More
My Teacher
Several years ago, former NY Times war-correspondent, Chris Hedges, wrote a beautiful article on Reverend Coleman Brown, an undergraduate professor … More
Hangin’ With The Homeboyz – A Tribute to My Childhood Friends
One of my favorite films of all time is a 1991 cult classic entitled Hangin’ With The Homeboyz, starring John … More
You’ll Never Know How Much You Mean to Me – A Poem about the Relationships which Heal Us
You’ll never know how much you mean to me Your words are forever burned into my memory You’ll never know … More
The Elephant Man – A Poem about an Outcast
Deep into the shadows, his deformities out of sight The man whom they call Elephant hides away from the brilliant … More
My Search for Honesty
For all of us who’ve been down the road of dating, heartbreak is a common feeling and being ghosted is … More
Expressing Gratitude for the Love that Has Always Been There
This past week, I published an article on the deficit of intimacy I’ve been experiencing in my attempts to form, … More
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