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How do you feel Was it a bubble Was it revelation Spirit or embryo Both stir the same bowel Both life changing Both everlasting Heartbeat You can’t conjure life Yet cast upon your mother’s breast Suffering and joy. That is not your own. Can you kill a spirit Can you kill a not-yet-breath Can you… Continue reading The Wrong Thing
Do you ever wonder if you believe in God? His history. His people. His promises. His Kingdom. Do you wonder if it's all true? But that’s not my problem. I wish it were. If I could just question the veracity of the claims, and wonder about my place in the world. That would be easier. … Continue reading After Rose Colored Glasses
Rust and rubble. Dead air cries. Was that a whisper from her crushed wind pipe? Or the sallowed song of smoldered bark? Yesterday the sweet root bloomed. Today it's dripping ashes. He knew. She knew. It blew like fire. Wisdom didn’t stop it. Shading morning into mourning. Her dark blazed darker still. Her teenage hand,… Continue reading Dead Air Fool
Losing since her first breath In a place of nowhere Untouched alone and quiet Eye to eye, thigh to thigh What did she have to know To wander from that sound Choose was is or what could be Playing happy, weren’t you happy? Where did she have to go To find a place of meaning… Continue reading Finding Lilith
I folded up your picture. The only one I held Un-seeing what you felt like The day I had to leave. I creased your likeness empty When decided Into war When blood and brothers beckoned The day I chose to leave. I pressed you into silence While virtue had its voice Regret unsaid unnamed untold… Continue reading Heart Locket
Cindy Koch 