Yes. I'll post some others on these forums as I get the chance, and I have all my work here:

http://tomthesaint.deviantart.com/

Thanks for your interest =) I just read your writing about your daughter and found it very touching.

Very powerful... I wish you the best in holding on until you two are reunited.

Just joined the site today. Thought I'd share something which tells a bit about myself.

Can also be found on: http://tomthesaint.deviantart.com/art/The-Golden-Rule-98734690

The Golden Rule

They say to be the change you wish to see in the world,
but what do they really mean?
I want to see the world be a kinder place,
a place where people appreciate their lives,
and those of others.
I want to see a world where people know when enough is enough,
when to speak, when to communicate without words.
I want to see a world of ideals, of dreams!
Of romance and high-adventure!

...but that world is bigger than me, bigger than anyone.
I cannot be an ideal, try as I might to live up to them.
I cannot show others the beauty of life on my own.
This world is not the kind place I wish it were,
and so I escape from it.
Not into some substance, not into a game or a book,
but into action.

I escape by doing exactly what they say,
futile though it may be.
I act out the change I wish to see, the actions I wish others would take.
If I am lonely, I find someone who seeks comfort and am there for them.
If I am sad, I cheer someone else up.
When I hope someone will remember my birthday, I plan a surprise for someone else's.
I take my inner desires and I enact them towards others;
I fulfill my own dreams for those around me.

I am the change I want to see in the world,
but unlike what the phrase implies I do not think I will change the world in being such.
Instead, I escape, through kind actions, caring words.
I escape into a beautiful world which I alone live in.
I show others a glimpse of my beautiful world,
by living vicariously, through myself.

Is it fiction if it inspires and affects real lives?

It depends on the friend and on their relationship.

I dated my best friend's ex, but the situation was weird:

1) He turned gay at the end of their relationship, which is why it ended. No hard feelings on his side.

2) I checked with him that it wouldn't be upsetting

3) It was several years ago, before I had even met her

4) I've known him for 3/4ths of my life and we've been best friends the whole time. He knows me.

5) They're friends, but not too close.

In any less comfortable a situation, though, I'd say its off limits for me.