The best lies

 The best lies come candied in truth.

Only death

Only death reveals what we've left undone, and only to others. 

Maxims and Aphorisms

Maxims and Aphorisms, the tiny and unseen sisters of Essays. 

Writing is hard

Writing is hard; a poet could spend a whole year working on a sentence and many would be understanding- so I became a poet. 

It is our children that help us

It is our children that help us hold onto the uninhibited joy of living for a brief moment. It is our Elders that teach us how to age and die. It is our Ancestors who teach us how to exist in death.

Amateurs

 Amateurs do too much. 

The nip of a pithy aphorism

The nip of a pithy aphorism is all that's needed to stifle polite conversation.