Captian's Log Musings on the Cross of Christ 3 Aug 2022 I thank God for the cross. This instrument of torture is one of the greatest comforts to me. Every day I consider Christ's crucifixion. In the wilderness, Israel looked up…
Captian's Log Crazy 1 Aug 2022 Clean eyes see allReason is a dream,And no one heeds the call;Zero voices scream,Yet no one's standing tall. Can any of us hopeReality is vain?Another way to cope,Zealots burn their…
Captian's Log The Quick and the Dead 31 Jul 2022 Cold are the dead there, buried in ice. Hear them howl through the night! Their voices whip and wind through that glacial gorge, crying out, begging for warmth, but no…
Captian's Log Man-Slayer 28 Jul 2022 On soft and padded tiger's feet,under moon, beside the creek,old man-slayer is known to creep.where the brook gives bubbling speech. Who's never known a cobbled street,born upon the mountain's peak,lives…
Captian's Log Philip 23 Jul 202221 Jul 2022 The skeleton lifted his cursed sword as he slowly stepped toward his opponent, his unmoving opponent. Blood from Philip's wound fell onto the polished, mirrorlike blade of his father's weapon.…
Captian's Log Philip 22 Jul 202221 Jul 2022 "I said I would," he groaned. "I've come to claim what was lost." "You can barely stand." "I invoke," gasped Philip, "the right to combat." "You have no sword." "You…
Captian's Log Philip 21 Jul 202221 Jul 2022 "You've had trouble." The observation almost made him laugh. "Yes," Philip replied. The old, skeletal figure nodded its white, bald head in acknowledgement without any change coming over its shriveled…
Captian's Log Dreams of the Beach 20 Jul 2022 The white waves of the sea threw themselves onto the shore with a somewhat desperate air. The tide was receding, and the ocean kept sending its cold hands up the…
Captian's Log Speeding Away 18 Jul 2022 How speedy is the second hand,revolving all the day;how swift to fall, the grains of sand,counting the hour away. And all of time is madthe nights and days are oneno…
Captian's Log The First Sword 17 Jul 2022 When the first sword was forged, it was crud, but it was forged. The man who forged it wanted to kill a god. You see, there was a mighty-man in…