i am

inordinately

thankful

for life

and the chance

to live it

fully

once again

Musing about what I’d tell my younger self were it likely I had the chance to travel back in time, I was surprised to realise my answer would be somewhat trite.

Words

Taunting

Haunting

Tart

Acidic

Burning through flesh

Like a knife

Fresh out of

The fire

Much as I love using quotes, I do see the inherent danger in extracting the odd sentence from a body of carefully written text.

Everyone

Views things

Differently.

Proof of our

Individuality and

Finely-formed

Minds.

The Greek Empire lasted for roughly 350 years, the majority of which were spent waging countless wars.