Midterm Blues 2

Lungs breathing
Heart beating
One test slayed
As it slayed me
Killing papers one line at a time
As death by Microsoft feature…

Invisible Behind Your Walls

I tried to tell my story again,
But you were busy,
Your eyes glued to the artificial glow.

About Fall

It’s that time of year again.

Darkness falls like an avalanche earlier and earlier. Temperatures follow suit…

Teaching and Preaching by Analogy

As you might remember from elsewhere, I am in the process of becoming a teacher. This means that I…

Source of Strength

I often have these odd and tangential thoughts as I’m reading, especially God’s Word as of late. Daniel Chapter 1 is…

Midlife Midterm Blues

My brain is fried.
I’m barely alive.
Midterms approach.
I need a life coach.
I cannot possibly test.
It will never be my…

Midnight at the Student Desk

Patterned pixels march 
From quicksand brain strands
Through achy, tired, fat, happy fingers
Onto the screen…

Disillusionment in Two-Part Disharmony

Hidden and Blind

Author’s Note: One of the techniques I was taught as I was learning to understanding God’s Word was to project myself into the…