(A poem from our January 2009 issue) Sparkle diamonds, sparkle, As you lay about the light. Shine in the moon and stars As they rise above at night. Then when the sun begins to yawn, And the moon fades away, May you twinkle once again All throughout the day. Sparkle diamonds, sparkle, As you reign […]
What’s Wrong? By Gilgal Queen Soldiers. Alone, in a faraway land Away from the ones that they love. Fighting and dying, Their loved ones home crying Hoping that one day they’re back. Freedom. To chose despite regulations Cast off by so many throngs In a public school now You can’t even pray You’ve just got […]
The Masterpiece By Gilgal Queen, 15 I am a simple lump of clay With gravel and impurities But Lord, please mold me day to day And take away the filth. In the Potter’s hands I try to stay Though sins of life beset me And though sometimes I go astray, My Potter won’t forget me. […]
MILLENNIA By Tessa McDaniel, 14 Some millennia ago, We here on earth were Charged with keeping ourselves Pure and clean. Not just with water, Not just with soap. But with the water of life, But with keeping our souls As pure as the whiteness of snow. As pure as the whiteness of the dove. Harder […]
An Aspect of Conflict It was a dark and stormy night when she fled to the wood, Her golden hair covered by a long dark hood. Under cover of night, she ran, she fled, To get away from that scene, still stuck in her head. In the morning she was missed, still needed at home; […]
Lost by Katie, 14 Sharp, bitter, and cruel It is spoken in haste, Clawing and tearing The heart. A barb in the flesh, Buried deep down inside Never to surface again. The words of yesterday, we Cannot retrieve, Though we wish to go back. Put past the sorrows Of yesterday, Live in the present Hope […]
I had a really bad day and opened up my Bible and was reading about God’s love for us and it hit me that God loves me. There is always another chance for us, at least till we are at the Judgement seat. Despite all I have done wrong He loves me and he loves […]