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Walking on Water

Having been relieved of my duties, I was sent below, never to stand another watch while I remained in First Division. Even I had to laugh as variations of the story, about how I’d hit the old man in the head with orange peelings, filtered back down to me through the crew. Lest I get [...]

United States vs FR Drury

Inside, I fall prey to yet another fantasy as my thoughts drift back to the first time I wondered why the Lord of Darkness had fought so hard to keep me in the dark about this island of mine. For if left alone, long enough, I’d invariably get sucked into the fight as the forces [...]

A Whole Different Way of Thinking

As he fell silent, I grew uneasy. What could I add to such an eloquent discourse? Besides feeling intimidated by his intellectual acumen, I was embarrassed that I had never given such thought to my situation. How could I? I was too wrapped up in my self, to have time to think about anything or [...]

The Nightmare and the Dream

“For four long years,“ Wulf went on to say, “they tried to convince me this way of life is a necessary evil. They almost succeeded until I went to Vietnam, supposedly to stop the spread of Communism, and saw the truth for myself. “It appears they suffer some grand delusion that we are the good [...]

How It Feels to Forget about One’s self

In many ways, I was just like the other guys on the ship, for I was still too much into the habit of putting down my feelings—a pattern of behavior I’d acquired from my stepdad who, in turn, had acquired it from the temple priests of the Great Gray Mother. And like the others, I [...]

Who You Really Are

“You must faithfully reproduce the man God intended you to become,” declared my mentor. “Only, I do not know this man,” I insisted. “Nor did the Buddha or Christ,” responded my mentor. “It took Christ thirty years to come to a fuller understanding of Who He Really Is. Like the Buddha, it may take you [...]