Brian Andreas

I'm not sure if there's one right place I'm supposed to be, he said, but I know a couple of wrong places I'd give a second try in a heartbeat.

I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream & an angel in black tights came to me & said, you can start any time now, & then I asked is this a sign? & the angel started laughing & I woke up. Now, I think the whole world is filled with signs, but if there's no laughter, I know they're not for me.

The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same_-

I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.

I held her close for only a short time, but after she was gone, I'd see her smile on the face of a perfect stranger and I knew she would be there with me all the rest of my days.

I was waiting for the longest time, she said. I thought you forgot.It is hard to forget, I said, when there is such an empty space when you are gone.

I used to believe my father about everything but then I had children myself & now I see how much stuff you make up just to keep yourself from going crazy.