Twenty-three years of swimming against the apathy of societal norms had pressed me to a precipice. It was another sunny day in California. There was the smell of fresh cut grass and the sound of children laughing as they splashed in the pool. I could feel the heat of the sun on the back of my neck like the excitement that was burning in my soul. I had been married for three months to the girl with the far away eyes: far away from ordinary, far away from tame. (more…)