Frozen Candles

Frozen Candles

I always thought that fire and ice could never so much as exchange a nod without one destroying the other. Polar opposites— one frigid, the other flaming. But I’ve found that sometimes a forest fire can befriend a shard of ice and melt deep enough to...
What Lies Ahead

What Lies Ahead

Heaven was closer when I was youngerI saw it in the hue of the soft evening skyHeard in a hymn the glory of eternityFelt the Father’s love in my earthly father’s touchMy plans for the futureAmounted to little more thanMaking my library books last the...
The Girl in the Wildflowers

The Girl in the Wildflowers

A dirty yellow dress Grass-stained stockings Messy, curly hair Sat among the wildflowers With a broken heart in bloom. Love was her middle name And how well it fit. She loved so deeply And how deeply it stung her And how deeply it blessed her. She smiled as she...
The Human Mind

The Human Mind

By Olivia Morgan White The human mind is truly the scariest thing of all. It twists and warps and spirals and spins… And slowly you lose control. Life jumps out of proportion, And nothing makes sense. Monsters evolve from mist As the mind manufactures fear, And...
Broken Words

Broken Words

I have a voice— I can hear it in between heartbeats and the clicking of my keyboard, whispering, while the seconds bleed from my ticking timepiece. My soul does not know silence. There are words, I can see them— cracked ceramic, waiting to be fixed,...
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