I am unafraid of walking naked.

In many, many ways, my life is an open book. I have nothing to hide. Yet I have friends and associates who tell me, be more secretive. Hide your true self. Apparently because people may take advantage of me. By knowing too much about me. Occasionally, I clean house. Taking my hand-scribbled writings and throwing them away. Because I’ve preserved them in other ways. In my computer,  for instance. Now my Italian true love is busy tearing up what I’ve just thrown away. Scraps of paper. Containing my words of wisdom. Maybe even secret thoughts. But really, I have no secrets. Some people find that hard to believe. That I am capable and unafraid of walking naked into the world. –Jim Broede