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PASSION LOST
Daylight died, and the passion hues of ending eve cooled, steeling into blackness and patterned stars. Leo rested in repose low in night sky with points of Universe fire scattered above and all around. He thought again of the lost glow and canvas of sky painted in the rising and dying of day […]
PASSION SKY
He watched the world awake: magenta sky with violet streaks that glowed before muting into daylight’s blue. Sky painted, then, in passion hues—ephemeral spirit—conveying wonder that cannot, forever, hold; and when it dies, a golden light breaks low in sky as line into rising orb that burns through low-veil clouds, before, cast as violet […]
PARABLES
“Why did the ancients speak in parables?” James asked. “Why didn’t they just say plain what they meant and wanted understood?” Eli listened then replied, “For the same reason men speak them in parts of the world today and why we may too, again, in time.” “Why?” James questioned. “We mistake […]
THE SOWER
“The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in […]
RESONANT SOULS
“How do you find a resonant soul?” he asked. “Keep sharing,” she replied. “Keep showing what lights you up. A soul that makes no waves leaves nothing to be found. Make your waves. Keep giving. Maybe what you share will never mean a thing to most, but to the ones it […]
REPEAT THE PAST
“You can’t repeat the past.”—F. Scott Fitzgerald You staged hours before in the hangar bay of the ship by company, platoons, squads, and fire teams. You inspected, reinspected, and waited. You had an old iPod, back when they were just music, and you listened to zone out and to put your mind in a […]