I guess that is a rather reasonable question. In a world that is plauged with crime, death, and a decaying world, is there such thing as beauty?

Her voice echoes against the walls of my room
so do the treacherous images of a bathing suit.
I claw at my temple to let one of them go
clenching my eyes shut till red spots glow.

A demanding voice calls over the field
as I sit admiring the way the wind
carries the trash around the roads.
When it brushes my face I think to myself,

What am I doing here-but that is stopped
by the sound of a fifty-cal
in the distance.

Two minutes later, my ears raise a bit.
A man yelling in the distance.
The night is unchanged.

I take my drag of an used cigar
drawing the smoke with a subtle breath.
You watch me from the fogged window
with your eyes half closed.
I carelessly slip my hand to my crotch
and you raise an eyebrow.
I tell you that it was an accident
I forget my manners.
You turn your head away and walk
to the other side of the room.

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Bascially, all you do is write something from someones point of view, using personal pronouns only twice. The point is to be a watcher and give only enough detail as...well...a watcher would know. I added something I thought was creative, but other than that I followed the excercise ( Read more... )

Lord God, I am a foolish man. How many times have I stood proud against you, thinking that I am for you? How often am I so contrary to what you ask of, yet I fancy myself to be one with your Son? Look at these words I send to you, how many of them are ones that try to gain favor and how many are honest? Oh God, my hands have shaken at the sound of ( Read more... )

I have often made the mistake of seeing God's invitation to salvation as an invitation to work for his forgiveness. I do not mean it regarding eternal salvation, perhaps I should be clearer. When we are saved, we are justified forever by the blood of Jesus Christ. Nothing can stand in our way, right? Yet, there are numerous times, countless even, ( Read more... )

You ever have to do something, one that is noble and right, yet hard and possibly turn someone away from you for a long time? Pray for this kid, please.

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