Trust Can Be A Hard Lesson; Hope

I Thought Of Betrayal And How It Came So Easily - In A Word, A Glance, A Gesture.

This Is A Long Goodbye, Yet Not Time Enough. I Have No Aptitude For This. I Cannot Learn This. I Would Hold On, And Hold On, Until My Hands Clutch At Emptiness.

But I Believe We All Have An Inner Goodness; A Little Flame That Stays Alight Through The Worst Of Trials.

My Daughter," I Said Blankly. "i See. Correct Me If I Am Wrong, But I Thought It Took A Man, As Well As A Woman, To Make A Child. Is This Infant's Father To Be A Crab, Or A Seagull Maybe? Or Were You Planning To Shipwreck Some Likely Sailor On My Doorstep, So I Can Make Convenient Use Of Him?

With Courage And Hope, We Can Conquer Our Fears And Do What We Once Believed Impossible.