January 2010
51 posts
The Universe
I look down and see stars. My foot lifts to step inside. I pray it is the gateway to the universe, where I will tumble through space, leaving earth behind. The countdown. 3-2-1…I hit ground. The stars ripple away. I look up and see the same stars. They whisper to me, “It wasn’t the gate, it was the key.”
Sunrise over the Cascade Mountains
Fervid silhouette of peaks and slopes. Deep blue pierced by chards of gold. Black, bare limbs reach to touch but never will. A chill bites the throat as one gasps at it’s beauty.
“In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is...”
– Proverbs 10:19