Awareness
Devin’s throat was raw from the scream that tore through it when the gun was fired. The scene burned into his mind’s eye. It…
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Summer Gun
It was summer now with the pressing responsibilities of winter and spring behind him. Most days now he rose early, strapped on the pearl…
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Obsidian
Two powerful spotlights blasted their beams straight up into the obsidian sky, piercing the otherwise uninterrupted shroud draped over deserted monoliths, and silent thoroughfares…
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Encounter
Dinah pressed her forehead to the floor. The Voice of God reverberated throughout the entirety of her being. She felt as though He was…
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American Scar
It was a day designed by hate The goal to crush and maim Those lacking understanding Seeking someone to blame I remember the fear…
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Grapple
Isaac stared down the gunman, his veins ablaze with adrenaline. He refused to acknowledge the weapon pointed at his chest. No matter how afraid…
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Perspective
It’s not what you expect Or even what you don’t It’s what you never thought possible That can sway your hope The moments you…
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Heat
In the upstairs bathroom, I practiced with paint — eyes, cheeks, lips. The New York summer dragged on, humid and misty. Cousin’s grunge bands…
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Discord
The knot had to be perfect. It wasn’t about anyone else’s opinion, only his own. Nobody else would have noticed or cared, he knew…
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A Change
You watch your boy with his girl at the ballgame At the frosty freeze. He is bumbling. Clumsy. He is awkward. Unmannerly. Pop music…
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