Ooh, 18 and I'm outta here. She had reached her independence day. Never saw her mother's private tears. Or the times her daddy prayed to God to see her through.
Like a criminal guilty on all counts. Rattling his cage with every ounce. Of resolve he never had. I was convicted. . Then I took the pardon and the walls came down.
This field guide's got no soul. Digging for the sacred in a man-made hole. The soil gets harder, the shovel won't behave. I just dug myself into a six foot grave.