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Cobblestone over cobblestone. Pacing steadily over the settled dirt of a thousand, maybe a million other sandals. Cracks filled up by particles of beach, mountain and desert, pressed deep into wrinkles the of this ancient street. My own black shoe powdered with the remnants of another world, stirred for a moment by every step I… Continue reading Just Dust
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
It is a most pleasurable and painful need of His image. To speak, to sing, to form, to make. Our hands were sculpted to press a moldless form into beauty. Our eyes were crafted to dream color into a dark grey vision. Our lips were shaped to taste the ever-sweeter sensations that we could conceive.… Continue reading Only One Can Survive
Sweet song of heaven calls from above Weighting freighting the glorious clouds Soaring out pouring out she tastes the sky Ambitiously swallowed that deep song of love Clouds remain still unmoved untouched Majestic impressionistic Mighty Fortress Proudly loudly the meter resounds Vexed soil and breath reach out to clutch Swooping wind on the in-between Descending… Continue reading Heaven’s Sickening Seed
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
Cindy Koch 