Sit in the dark. Just sit. Listen to the pervading silence. Hear the hum of an HVAC system warming your townhouse. But listen to the silence beyond it. Let those thoughts come—as long as you let them go. When the last of them settles down, see the darkened outline of a carpeted floor and the…

Rising, confronted with the realization of another day… snarling carnivore clamping down the terror breaking out Seated, facing the light, a voice like my own saying, “Feel…” unknotting this inside tsunami breathing Calming, the last hurricaned heartbeat settling… enemy mine the call to again ride the Dragon Melissa Lemay calls on us to write pivotal…