Outing is a nasty word for telling the truth.

Don't listen when they scoff That you are too old and I am young, For I am old enough to know better And you are young enough not to care.

I'm not sure I even need a lover, male or female. Sometimes I think I'd settle for five good friends.

Solitude was no reason for sloppiness

I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short.

I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life

But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.