The Parable
(Gabriele’s journal – December 17, 1990) (Nick’s narrative – March 03, 2022) I kept my head turned as I listened. The story went on for what seemed like forever. Who was this crazy man sitting next to me? I was at turns in shock and in fear but always completely enraptured by a story that had so many parallels to my own. I had walked once in a place like where this man was now walking. I wept as openly…