Million Little Pieces

I often close my eyes and remember when I thought that I had to control everything around me. I had rules for myself and for others. Looking back it was a coping mechanism to prevent the fear of the unknown as there had been so many painful times of experiencing life under someone else’s rules…

I too sat down, laying the spear between us, and tried to explain how I came to Pellucidar, and wherefrom, but it was as impossible for him to grasp or believe the strange tale I told him as I fear it is for you upon the outer crust to believe in the existence of the…