Journaling

Dorothy’s Return Trip

Posted on October 29, 2009. Filed under: Brain Dump, Journaling | Tags: heart, homeless, father, Santa Clarita, Santa Barbara, courage, cutting, brain, mother, pain, never, wizard of oz, dorothy, ruby slippers, toto, scarecrow, wicked witch of the west, tinman, tin man, lion, home, click your heels together three times, dysfunctional family, drunk, oz, hopeless, scream |

I trudged along a yellow path painted into the asphalt by the tracks. My tattered and dull ruby slippers flopped against the pavement, my baskets heavy with too many clothes and not enough money. A butterfly was thrown from his path by a passing train. I heard the munchkins chittering behind me, high-pitched commentary on [...]