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The good. The polite. The kind. Soft and steady. Calm and ready. Serving in love. But what if I serve in dissent. The hard. The bitter. The abrasive. Impious and unexpected. Alone and unprotected. Could it be good And used for his glory. Or just as a foil In his pre-determined story. This may be… Continue reading Vocation of Dissent
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 always assumed I was me. You know, my thoughts, my decisions, my actions. They belong to a self, a center, a person, that I have secretly known from my first breath on this earth. The me I would comfort in the middle of the night when I was scared of the invisible snakes under… Continue reading Confessions of a Writer
He doesn’t know. You know the answer. You want him to know the answer. You know it will help. You know it’s the only thing that will help. We look around at this crumbling world and we see the hopelessness. Families are pasted together, trying to ignore the tears and scars that will not heal.… Continue reading Hopeless Answer
Hangs there. Invisible to the eye who looks upon. Heavy upon the chest of those who breathe it. She tries not to inhale that quiet air that she cannot see. It stings the back of her tongue thickly swamping shallow into her lung. Drowning in the quiet air, gasping at the hidden tears bleeding down… Continue reading Quiet Air
Cindy Koch 