You cannot forgive yourself.

Some guilt comes from imagination. Yours may have an address, a date, and someone who still remembers what happened. Forgiveness sounds obscene when consequence still has a living face. Begin with what you owe, what cannot be repaired, and the life that remains after apology has exhausted its vocabulary.

We Begin Beyond Forgiveness

ESSAY

Begin here when forgiveness feels too clean for what happened.

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I Only Had Fire

ESSAY

For the love we offered with the only language we had.

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