Taking it allNot giving it backNot able Not stableTo give it at all.How long How strong Does one have to beFor meAgainst meHow longO LordWhen I descend bareWhen I could not careWhen I wasn’t thereHow long until whenYou wont be there.O LordHow longLike horseman and lightningIt’s coming.And here.Double slice spearWords, honey and shrapnelYou’re here.So you… Continue reading For How Long
I have always despised the stories of those who appear to have it all figured out. Stages are set as if there is nothing to hide. Cameras are poised at the best angle in the best light. Actors present themselves as if there is nothing to fear. Yet, I know that it is much harder… Continue reading Secret Freedom
How do you know what you are?When you cannot smell the rosesWhen you cannot hear the oceanWhen you cannot trust the momentConsume and cryUntrust alibi Dawned lullabyIs this what it’s become?So where is forward? Where paths trace backWhere dreams are blackAuthentic actsIt’s all a game It’s all the sameSystems of shameAwake. Escape. Submit.
Even after I occupied your time and mine and theirs For a really long time But then he knocked He crouched He waited For just the right time When I was alone It's not an excuse. Because it is my fault That’s just Eve’s blame The curse of the woman who can’t unhear the snake… Continue reading You left me alone
I just read one million words. To you. To me, from you.I won't take back, or give awayor put them somewhere else. They are yours. And they are you.And they won't erase. Deleted.But where to hold one million words?When there's years and more to say.You’ll have things I’ll never hearAnd you won’t read tomorrow's But… Continue reading Words I Wrote With You
The stone is rolling. Teetering on the edge. Where once it was secure, placed by the fingers and hands of the Almighty Creator, fixed in its place. Where it once was separated from the waters, the sky, and the soft earth. Where it once was part of majestic mountains that hovered, that threatened. Where it… Continue reading The Stone is Rolling
God began His world with a parting of the waters above and the waters below. Let there be light, He said, separating the light from the dark. Holding back the elements of turbulent chaos, with His great hands. Pulling forth life from dust. Bracing in place the puzzle of existence, piece by piece, with His… Continue reading God Lets Go
He heard it a million times from his mom; son of God, born of a virgin. When he was younger, he did not really know what all those words meant. Everyone was nice to him and he had a special place when they went to temple. He remembered the old men looking at him with… Continue reading What the Savior Didn’t Know
Shining clear Focus golden Not a color Before the colors come Shading pink Where wispy white was formerly seen Sharpens orange Slicing and scratching Dripping red Sacrifice to shadows Bleeding out, hemorrhage Bruising purples Laced with black Tracing mountains Hiding seashores Lost shape and sight and clarity To night
Your hand warmed mine, discovering a turn in the road. Caught off guard, seeing that we were not traveling on the same path. Just now. Last April, we stumbled upon the tiny grass tufts underfoot. Not knowing then, they would grow and pull our hearts across a meadow, split and break them with the rush… Continue reading Kiss Me Cold
Cindy Koch 