Slay the Demons at Dawn

I discovered that morning is when I am most receptive to learning and poetry. I developed a habit of reading at 4 AM standing at my desk with coffee. It was the greatest habit of all besides going for a walk with my beloved dog when I'd had enough.

As a child of narcissists I had to hide my learning from the King and Queen because for them it was a zero sum gain. Anything I could do was interpreted as stealing from them. So I ran away at 15, 16, 17, and never returned so say goodbye.