@jacksonm

Hopes and dreams were dashed that day. It should have been expected, but it still came as a shock. The warning signs had been ignored in favor of the possibility, however remote, that it could actually happen. That possibility had grown from hope to an undeniable belief it must be destiny. That was until it wasn't and the hopes and dreams came crashing down.

@jacksonm

birthright, & there is nothing in my early life that suggests artistic aptitude or even interest, my pastimes & fascinations nearly all being what may - & were - deemed the merely villainous.