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Grace is Not the Easy Choice

· Reflection

Grace is Not the Easy Choice

Someone wronged me a few years ago in a way I won't detail. The aftermath was what interested me, poetically: the weeks when I was walking around with a hot coal of resentment.

Grace Over Vengeance Paired Poem Grace Over Vengeance
On Carrying Scars Like Luggage

· Reflection

On Carrying Scars Like Luggage

I have a scar on my left hand from a fishing hook, age nine. I have a different kind of scar from a conversation in my thirties that reshaped everything. I used to treat both the same way.

We Are the Scars We Carry Paired Poem We Are the Scars We Carry