Breaking Barriers
A Tale of Nonfiction (from Inside a Dream)

Taking off from an unknown departure port, darkening skies of dusk outside, we begin to cruise at an altitude not quite optimal, and yet I am not afraid.
Before this, however, a man in a short-sleeve, plaid button-down shirt plops down next to me just as the plane launches into its race towards the edge of the runway. I am by the…