Live your life.
Because no one
can live your life for you.
And when you dream a dream,
Don't abandon it. Embrace it.
Because only you
can make your dream come true.

"Never explain.
Your friends don't need it,
and your enemies won't believe you anyway"

But still, I explain.
To my friends
because they deserve
to know.

And
to my enemies
so that just in case
the believe me,
they don't go through life
believing
that when they called me
stupid
I agreed.

cold bitter sidewalk wind
duck into chinese place
find a place along the window
hot tea, wonton, fortune please
watching quick and furtive striders
sun rays make it through glass haze
warmth returns to my numb fingers
which pry apart the brittle cookie
the paper inside says “decide”