I Lost Part Of Myself To Him

My Father Was In The Coal Business In West Virginia. Both Dad And Mother Were, However, Originally From Massachusetts; New England, To Them, Meant The Place To Go If You Really Wanted An Education.

It Was Demeaning To Scrape Affection From Virtually Everyone You Encountered. That Was Immature.

So The More Things Remained The Same, The More They Changed After All. Nothing Endures. Not Love, Not A Tree, Not Even A Death By Violence.

The Scornful Force Of His Tone Turned The Word Into A Curse

We Are All Born Equally Far From The Sun.