Captian's Log I Will Be a Tree 11 Aug 2018 I will be a tree and not some mean bundle of sticks. I am at least a seed, and I will try to grow. I will join my roots into…
Captian's Log Sonnet: Dream On 2 Aug 2018 Check out: Dream On Somewhat enamored of the song, Dream On, and meditating upon Christ's words, "Then neither do I condemn you," I imagined a twilit scene, a pool, and a knife.…
Captian's Log Goodbye 25 Jul 2018 Turning my calendar this morning, one guaranteeing a Chuck Norris joke a day, I read, “Chuck Norris cried once. The place is now known as Niagara Falls.” I hadn’t the…
Captian's Log God Bless Me 21 Jul 2018 I am afraid. I lie in bed petrified. I don’t want to get up, just sleep. I want to sleep forever. On my nightstand is yesterday’s mail. No, it’s older:…
Captian's Log Black Cats and Motorcycles 12 Jul 2018 As I journeyed home today, the eve of Friday the thirteenth, a black cat crossed my path. Not one for superstition, I made little note of the omen, but on…
Captian's Log Sonnet: New Life 9 Jul 2018 Please read: New Life excerpt: As like that tree humbly without Spring’s joy, without green leaf—no budding fruit is found—; as like that tree whose brittle limbs no boy should climb—a…
Captian's Log Myself 29 Jun 2018 It’s surprising, to know you’re not yourself. A conflagration of differing influences took me over today. My touch of asthma kicked itself into high gear; couldn’t figure out why until…
Captian's Log Short Story: Let Us Go Into the Light 9 Jun 2018 Let Us Go Into the Light Excerpt: What was my promise? It’s fair you should ask. I said she’d taken me from my living death when she smiled at me,…
Captian's Log Poem: This Road Leads Home 5 Jun 2018 After a day on the road, I saw that I was upon paths leading home, and began to speak: This Road Leads Home
Captian's Log My Testimony 2 Jun 2018 Check out two short essays outlining my testimony of Jesus: I Know Jesus Author’s Note: I wrote these short essays for an application. As such, they do not match the…
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