A profile here at Medium becomes a repository of one’s opinions about many things. This is the first prose article I have posted, though I have posted over 500 comments to articles posted by others concerning various topics. In the future, I plan on posting more articles, but I figured it would be useful for any reader to know that I am a man of faith. I have practiced the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin together with the organization known as the SGI since 1973. I was born in 1955. This practice has a profound philosophic basis, but ultimately I do…

Merciful Lies

Tell me some merciful lies
I miss you
I’ve been trying to forget you
But I can’t
I just can’t because I love you

Tell me you have met the man of your dreams.
A younger, more beautiful man.
A man also willing and able to take care of you and your family.
A man who is a tender lover
A man who makes you regret not having a good lover all these years.

Tell me some merciful lies. Tell me so I can stop imagining you alone. As you care, and care, and care some more, for everyone else…