Tag: love
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Flowers on the Vine
If I could describe our childhood,I’d say it beamed bright pumpkin orangeWith the soft smell of Ma’s homecooked pie.I can’t help but smile when I think ofThe way you bloomed in the light of spring. If I could describe your suffering,I’d call you a vibrant pumpkin rindWhose insides rot deep…
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Devil’s Child
Through the crack in the door I watch the silhouettes of the village kids kicking balls in the dry dirt. I could be with them if not for my sin. Father tells me I must not approach the children lest I taint, or otherwise curse, them. I glimpse pieces of…
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Faithful Friends (Clean Fiction Magazine Fall 2024 Winner)
Through the window, Ray saw a dead world. The month-long drought had decimated the land, drying the dirt so completely that each time he searched the ground for fallen acorns, the dirt crumbled under his paws like a forgotten cookie. The leaves had all begun to rot on the ground,…
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Storm of Scars
As Christians, we aren’t eliminated from difficulty or pain. But God, the great author of our stories, lets these trials happen to us because they form us into something new, stronger, and better. They prepare us for the greatest troubles a broken world has to offer. In his song “Diamonds”,…
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Sonnet of the Heart
In a walk not lonely do I see Your dark complexion, eyes staring at me. In them are mystery, tranquil dwellings, A million stars and dreams beneath, dancing. You wrap your arms around me tight, my love. My heart falls deep into wings as a dove. Yearning, yearning drives all…
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One Day (2023)
I have wanted love since I was little Someone to cuddle with, to stay beside And I thought it out of reach for a time, But You sent me Your cherished messenger To remind me of Your good scroll, Your truth. Now Father in You I have confidence, That one…