All the Colors of the Dark

by Chris Whitaker

“We have to want more for our children, Joseph. Otherwise we restrict them only to mirror ourselves. That’s not how progress is made. We strive.

“Women teach men how to be men?” Saint said. “Of course. How else do you think they learn?”

But I reckon a single life is made up of a dozen or more roles and responsibilities. I can count the versions of myself like friend and foe. Mistakes are the detours that remind you of the true way, Saint.