It is a most pleasurable and painful need of His image. To speak, to sing, to form, to […]
Category Archive: Cindy Koch
That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet Unless the smell turns […]
The new self reflective worry. The latest social conspiracy that she now has to wonder about. The most […]
Man and woman, made in His image, after His likeness. Man and woman, the final creations, handed dominion […]
Circles of children spinning around. Holding hands, puling each other down, bearing each other up. Laughs and giggles, […]
The moment it aches, you know it’s not right. Anger, frustration, it just hurts inside. Locked in to […]
I wonder sometimes. Out of the million choices and decisions I must face, what if I make the […]
There were moments when she lay in the dark. Seconds that flashed another lifetime scratched into the edge […]
I saw them clearly. Dragging, floating, wandering over the cement. They passed through each other. Stares and phrases. […]
He doesn’t know. You know the answer. You want him to know the answer. You know it will […]
Black. Nothing was made. The quiet world began in darkness. Absence overtook the nothing that was. Saturated deep […]
Ocean washed in Words stumble around Dribbling down Shifting around This sandy ground Unbalanced the earth Because just […]
Mountains of colored paper, wrinkled and ripped, pushed behind the aging tree. Yesterday’s sparkling lights now highlight the […]
A simple sentence in the middle of a psalm of lament. A sparkle of hope in the middle […]
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who […]
To the messed up tired anxious cold To the lonely you aren’t alone we wait together I can’t […]
It gets cold. Slowly. First a chill on the tip of the nose and a numb little toe. […]
Turkey on the table, smiles on the faces. Family together and music in the background. And here, now we gather to give thanks. But what is it, then, that we give thanks for? Turkey on the table, smiles on the faces, family together and music in the background. Peace and comfort. Food and drink. Family and neighbors. A slice of annual happiness that we try to conjure up with some sights, sounds, and smells.
They never see it coming. Because she was beautiful in every way, to those in her care. She […]
It looked like an old piece of paper, stuck to the bottom of the cardboard box in the […]