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One of the hardest things in life for me has been learning that I must choose who I have in my life in order to improve my life experience. It can be very painful lesson when applied to the people to whom we are indebted for an upbringing. Regardless of what they may be like as human beings, its a tough call to free yourself from abuse, or pain when it involves letting go of someone who was present in your life as a child, or even as an adult. Blood relation or not, separating yourself from someone who mistreats you can be the hardest bond to break, emotionally, socially, or ethically. This piece explores the painful realities of a parental relationship that required a severing of bonds to recover from. Tell me what you think, and forgive me if its rather harsh, The struggle to survive that home was challenging, and it took years for me to release the person in question. This piece is about ten years old, but I pulled it out, reworked it, and now here it is for your consideration.

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A young girl is reunited with her older brother, three years after he mysteriously disappeared.

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After an absence of two decades, a trip back to his native Romania is both daunting and irresistible to Luca Leontin, a Boston architect, accomplished artist, and libertine. Stirred by memories, he flies to Zurich in August 2001 and embarks on a train bound for Bucharest. During the trip, he becomes enmeshed in the designs of a group of characters that prove to be more than travel companions. Meanwhile, a personal memoir he has been writing, and now rereads between train stops, takes him on a parallel journey into his own past, raising both memories and questions. What has become of Daria, the goddess-like creature of his adolescence? Where is Alecu now, the brilliant artist whom Luca could never quite accept as a mentor? And what of Maia from his college years, who left him for a better prospect? Luca’s homecoming is far from what he’d anticipated. What he remembers as a city of austerity and simple habits has died with the fall of the Iron Curtain. In the new Bucharest, the boulevards shine with glitz, and decayed buildings are veneered with the symbols of Western glamour. Drab-looking restaurants with two-item menus have been replaced with stylish lounges where almond-shaped eyes glimmer in semidarkness and long, bronzed legs set Luca’s heart racing. No sooner does he set foot in his native city than his recent travel companions use his weakness for female beauty to lure him into an undercover operation that nearly costs him his life. Luca is shocked to learn that his ordeal has occurred through the agency of one person—Alecu, the man who has never forgiven him for a long-ago act of audacity. Luca’s brush with death makes him aware that he owes his predicaments to a lifelong indulgence in his desires. As his vacation nears its last days, a shocking confession, an unexpected gift from Alecu, and the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy bring about the resolution Luca has always yearned for—the awakening of his long-dormant character.

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As I write this poem I am reminded of what children experience today. To a child terror has no reason or logic. Whether its a terrorist in the Creeks of Mississippi in the 50's or internet terrorist of the 2000's it is all horrific. We should cry for every mother and family who has to experience such senselessness. All comments or ideas on how I can make this more effective are welcome.

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When a brother and sister visit a spooky house it first appears that the horror lies within the fabric of the building. But the true horror turns out to be much more sinister and much harder to control. I had great fun writing this and would love to know if it's a pleasure to read (in that way that reading horror can be fun). Are the characters well drawn enough. I shall be posting the second part of this story in the next few days and, as usual, the spelling is that of the UK. Cheers, Keen

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