Tom

Author as a toddler

Write it, my son

In the darkest moment, when nothing remained, a blinding light arrived. That light was not born from outside, but came from within. This is the raw account of hitting rock bottom and finding unexpected grace.

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Never Thought You’d Come

I know you, or so it feels,The wolf howls, the angel kneels,The wind whispers – I never thought you’d come. Mountains call, the rivers speak,The heart is strong, the knees go weak,The magpies laugh – […]

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He Called Them Duraznos

He wasn’t born there, but there he was. He sat anonymously among the trees and plants and people who spoke some other language, wondering what the fuck had happened to bring him to this place. […]

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The Frightening Beginning

Often the hardest part of a story is the beginning. There is an awkwardness in the uncertainty that makes the first words hard to come by. The writer sits and stares at the page, the […]

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