My voice is an octive too high or low for your ears.

For your expression never changes when I speak.

So, I changed my tone.

I speak in a new voice now.

But, you still don’t hear me.

So, I left and now there is real silence.

Can you hear me now?...

I gulped my final breath and floated into fluorescence.

Wondering into blinding light, I considered the irony.

I spent my entire career trying to avoid fluorescent light, which is an ugly corporate seal only to be engulfed in blinding light for all eternity.

God is so…merciful.

“WELCOME TO ARIA,” said a soft voice overhead, “a sanctuary where you can release your consciousness and elevate ...

It’s not what you think. It started off fine.

Mostly.

There was no physical abuse. Not like what she had witnessed as a child.

No. This was subtle. Smarter.

He told her she was imagining things.

It was all in her head.

He did this for years. Decades, in fact.

He wouldn’t talk to her, unless others were around. Then, he was nice. Charming even.

A real prince.

Everyone loved him. S...