"I know myself well enough to know that I am not a nice man, a good man, nor a kind man. I know that I am weak and incapable of doing what is right and reasonable and decent. I want you to know that I love you, and want only for you to know that I believe in you, because I hope that you are better than I know that I am. That is all that I know, because I know that I am not equal to the ideals that I hold dear. I will fail in all of the things that I believe to be great and honest and true. I am sorry. Please forgive me. I know that I should be better, and if challenged, I plan to be so. But like all men of failed virtue, I forgive my failure, and pick my teeth with the bones of your tiny toes, my dear, beloved child, and beg that God will bless you and forgive me for the horror that I have cursed your last hours with by sacrificing you upon this rock." -- Abraham's Prayer, by Robert L. Angus.
Robert Leigh Angus is a Canadian author and artist currently living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The collection shared on this blog are recent works compiled from several ongoing projects, including fiction, non fiction, essays, and verse. He has published several "Collections of Poetry and Fragments", as well as three "Tasting Journals", and several short works on a variety of subjects. He can be reached at (587)700-6575 or OctaviaPress(at)Hotmail.Com