STARDUST

BY RICKY FAY

I am.
Grateful and resentful. Inquisitive and cynical. Optimistic and alarmed.
I am.
A descendant of chance encounters and catastrophic happenstance.
I am.
Hopeful and helpless. Connected to every ethereal being and utterly alone.
I am.
Original and the composite of countless influences.
I am.
A blast furnace of cold fusion. Reality and idealism. Lost and focused. Containing multitudes.
I am.
Alive for an instant that feels like eternity.
I am.
I am.
I am. | RF

A LIFELONG OREGONIAN, RICKY FAY IS MOSTLY OF IRISH-AMERICAN STOCK. GROWING UP, HE DIDN’T HEAR NEARLY ENOUGH TALES ABOUT HIS PARENTS’ OR GRANDPARENTS’ LIFE EXPERIENCES. HE HOPES TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE STORYTELLING AS AN AMERICAN ART FORM FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS: STORIES WITH HELPFUL MORALS, STORIES TO ACT AS TIME CAPSULES, AND STORIES SIMPLY FOR THE ABSURDITY AND LAUGHTER.