J.T. Geist

The Heart Shaped Locket

"All of us gathered here this night understand technically, theoretically and clinically, the necessity of rules and the principles behind them." Alina the Bard shifted upon her makeshift platform, eying the gathered crowd. I loved listening to her voice. "Rules properly placed provide true freedom. However life’s not that simple. Rules soon become laws and oppression sets in. Oppression is intolerable. So, once free, how do we keep rules from going beyond their intended purpose? How do we make them guide, protect, and serve us? Are they there to hinder us, or help us and do we have the right to break them, if its what’s needed.