Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out.

I splash my head with ice-cold water and turn to face the mirror. When my image appears I instinctively look away. Is there a truth on the other side that we do not want to see?

I talk to trees and animals. We have interesting conversations about food, weather, and love. They sometimes can predict the future.

I notice the silvery hair at his temples with a tinge of sadness. Why do parents grow old? Life is a castle of lies slowly dismantled by the passage of time. I regret not spending more time looking at the people I love.

I envied these women I saw before me, their beauty still intact. Life has its revenge of life. Untimely death is the secret of eternal youth.

Tomorrow we will be nothing but earth and dust. Who will remember the love a soldier once knew?

would you dare to love me?