People always ask me what it’s like to be me. How I can speak to someone I’ve never met for 2 minutes and see their life and pain and everything they’ve spent a lifetime hiding with such ease. How is that possible? How do you understand and see people like…

That night I came home knowing the truth. It was nearly 3 in the morning. I’d prepped her beforehand. I stood there in the living room, controlled, calm, arms folded; I was as present as a man can be. “I’m only going to ask you once,” I said, “and how…

Sometimes I feel like a tree without any leaves. Sometimes I feel like a tree without any color. Sometimes I feel like I’m slipping by unnoticed — strong yes, hardened yes, but leaving no footprints. I wonder about you often. I wonder how you did it. You see, you made…

by Roman Newell

My heart is a pillow my body is a bed asked for understanding you threw a stone instead sent doves out the cage found a bowl of feathers used a lot of glue to try and put them back together never took too many chances you never shed much light hard to get real comfortable when all you give is night you knew how to fight and fighting’s all I’ve known we only recognized each other when everything was blown

Some people have questions about me. You know how it is, people talk, they’ve got comments, they don’t understand certain things. They don’t understand why I do some of what I do. They don’t understand why I have so much conviction. …

I’m fairly young — maybe five or six. We’re on our way home. The car is dark and I stare out the window of the passenger side, and count the shadows formed by the light posts as they pass over my lap through the window. I purposely look away from…

I recently had a friend send me several pieces he had written. He requested feedback on his writing and tips moving forward. This is what I had to say to him regarding his work, the industry, and best practices for winning at writing. Let me start here. I think I’ve…

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