Where We Belong
I am disappointed in you is the message I tried my entire life to avoid, and it had companions that showed up regularly to keep me on my toes: It’s never okay to be yourself and People like us don’t…
Know Thyself
Thoughts of this languishing writing platform have been gnawing at me for weeks. I keep telling myself that I should post something new, but I always get stopped by those demons of doubt telling me I’m not good enough. That…
Imperfect Writing is Better than No Writing
To Cheryl— An afternoon of poetry is always a special day. Thank you for the special day. Best Wishes, Ted Borrillo I find that inscription, dated, May 16, 1996, on the first page of Beyond Loneliness: Poems by Theodore A.…
Where Does One Begin?
Now, it is no longer a child who is going to tell this story and that is regrettable. It is a man. Worse yet, it is the university professor I have become. I will have to guard myself very carefully…
