Opalo 48x60 The sun was powerful

The sun was powerful

When she had to leave I cried

I’d joke “I’m from the flat land

Over and over again I would meet myself

in shocked joy and disbelief at the message I had just received

Opalo 48x60 The sun was powerfulSometimes in life you get the gift of desperation. Which, in the moment, feels like anything but a gift. But for me in 2011, the trauma was finally catching up with me. Id been in active recovery and clean for nearly two years. My body constantly felt like it was expanding. My clothes didnt fit. I lived on Marlboro lights and fountain Dr. Pepper. Everything in life was either something to get over or something to try not to feel. I was a master at