I Should Be

I Should Be

By Ingrid Dornbirer With Jesus inside me, I should be strange, White against a sea of black. With Christ in charge, I should be lovely, A rose among thorns. With the Savior on my side, I should be fearless, Saying no when everyone says yes. If the Comforter has...
Dead Pens

Dead Pens

By D.G. Snapper Oh no! Not again. Why me? This pen! I unscrew the lid And check the ink holder The color is all there But angered, the author The pen I rebuild Then place on the table It should work But why isn’t it able? The price wasn’t high But I only got one This...
When My Lungs Burn

When My Lungs Burn

By Melinda Delamarter I see you You’re standing at the edge of this forest Terrified The entire world has already passed through They’re living their lives on the other side in peaceful bliss Unaware Of the terror you go through every morning Struggling to face the...
Hyperspace

Hyperspace

Captain’s Log, Stardate 70797.4 For thirteen hours and twenty-four minutes, we have tailed the cosmic trail of the vandalizing devils who dared damage our ship’s hyperdrive. I stare out the glass and into the black that seems to be the color of my mood. The...
Seventeen

Seventeen

By Hannah Whatley When I was a child, I spoke as a child; I acted and thought and felt as a child, But then I turned seventeen. Seventeen—Oh, the great and glorious mystery, Between the realms of infancy and maturity; The questions of life that shape our future...
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