Vines

Vines

By S. F. Dekreel My brain is wrecked, my heart is hollow Dwelling on the idols I’ve been trying to follow I listen to them quarrel and fight in my head Hungry and greedy for a place on my throne In theory, Christ’s throne But it’s become mine I...
Paper Cuts

Paper Cuts

I keep my endings scattered in ink-stained places, in hardcover houses and paper walls— wherever my hands and heart can reach. With the smudge of every conclusion, I can stand a little taller and reach a little further into the little black gardens that string...
To All the Lost Boys

To All the Lost Boys

You might think that the villain I’m going to describe to you is something I have known, seen, and felt personally. You might think that the enemy on my mind is something as sorrowful as sin, grief, or the stony, unsteady roads of writer’s block. But I am going to...
All I Can Be

All I Can Be

By Rosey Mucklestone   I’m not just staring, I’m thinking. Thinking of all I can be. I’m not playing with math, I’m a navigator. Navigating a stormy sea. I’m not on a bed with a blanket. I’m tucked under an eagle’s wing. And this thing that I’m on is a...
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