Gentle Zacharias 8/27/25 Gentle Zacharias 8/27/25

AFS #6: I’m A Woman Who Loves Women… But I Haven’t Done It In A Bit. Or Maybe Ever.

How to respond to a very forward proposal…

Gentle Zacharias 5/24/25 Gentle Zacharias 5/24/25

AFS #5: So You Want to Be A Slut…

How do I even start to be a slut?

Gentle Zacharias 2/7/24 Gentle Zacharias 2/7/24

Northern Attitude

I was raised on little light

Gentle Zacharias 7/31/22 Gentle Zacharias 7/31/22

Akasha

This one’s for you.

Gentle Zacharias 6/5/22 Gentle Zacharias 6/5/22

What Everyone Missed About Firewatch

Yup, the lack of choice is a feature.

Gentle Zacharias 5/1/22 Gentle Zacharias 5/1/22

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

Boundaries are investments in our relationships.

Gentle Zacharias 3/13/22 Gentle Zacharias 3/13/22

Afterimage

One of many sad backstories from Shadowplay.

Gentle Zacharias 2/27/22 Gentle Zacharias 2/27/22

Doppelgänger

A sonnet about the people we cast to play our demons.

Gentle Zacharias 10/17/21 Gentle Zacharias 10/17/21

Desert Desire

A poem about being bad at love.

Gentle Zacharias 10/9/21 Gentle Zacharias 10/9/21

Sausage Factory

Recovery isn’t a straight line.

Gentle Zacharias 8/1/21 Gentle Zacharias 8/1/21

My, How You’ve Grown

A family’s fatal flaw

Gentle Zacharias 6/19/21 Gentle Zacharias 6/19/21

Please, Call Me “It.” “She” is My Father

Gentle Zacharias 5/20/21 Gentle Zacharias 5/20/21

(the empty set)

Gentle Zacharias 5/11/21 Gentle Zacharias 5/11/21

Non-Exclusive Genital License Agreement

Gentle Zacharias 4/3/21 Gentle Zacharias 4/3/21

“But you’re so good with people!”

Gentle Zacharias 10/26/20 Gentle Zacharias 10/26/20

Forecast

Gentle Zacharias 8/5/20 Gentle Zacharias 8/5/20

AFS #4: Do I have to be healthy to be loved?

I’m unhealthy but it’s not like I’m a terrible person. Do I have to spend the rest of my life alone?

Gentle Zacharias 6/4/20 Gentle Zacharias 6/4/20

Social Censure is Literally Death

Why does it feel so horrible when you’re criticized?

Gentle Zacharias 6/3/20 Gentle Zacharias 6/3/20

An Open Poem to My Mother

A case study of the narcissistic relationship grid, in poem form.

A gentle cult