LITR 3731 Creative Writing 2008
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Christina Holmes
The Witch
Dam it! — he is at it again
Why can he not see what we see?
Back and forth and forth and back
Dip and dap, heavy stuff
Doesn’t he get tired—we do!
Oh great, now he’s sick
—shivering
—shakes
—scratching
—vomiting too
Why can’t he stop!
It consumes him you know
Like a monkey on his back
He lies
He steals
He begs
Then…
He nods
and nods
and nods…
floating - ecstasy he claims
but for how long?
What is the use!
Back at it again
The lying
The stealing
The begging
“Oh I promise after this one…no more…I promise
Sick again
—shivering
—shakes
—scratching
— vomiting too…
Pick the skin…blood runs in…ahh that feels so, so goo..
What?— too much—a dimes worth—he’s gone
No more shivering
No more shakes…
No more scratching…
No more vomiting…
No lying, no stealing, no begging…
He finally stopped!
Well… it stopped him…
God in the Garden
Each morning I awake to see what is new
To see what the Lord has left holding, His dew
Aha— there it is,
I spot one, I see
What magnificent colors He has left for me
Each morning I wait and I wonder and I stare
Will there be something new He has left out there
They peek from below,
if only to show…
What magnificent colors He has left for me
Each morning I glimpse at His miraculous wonders
And see all the beauty that lives under
Some stand tall, while others stand low
Lined up together in obedient rows
What magnificent colors He has left for me
Each morning I see how His love does show
Through these little thing where life does grow
The beauty, the splendor, oh the variety
He constantly lets me know “I am close you see” (He is so close to me ) replaced
What magnificent colors He has left for me
Each morning I go like clockwork you see
To see what my God has left for me
Purple, and red and yellow too
Why He even make ones that show up as blue
What magnificent colors He has left for me
Each morning I know He will always be there
If only I look, with a focused stare
It is not hard to see Him, He is everywhere
But in the garden… I see Him there
What magnificent colors He has left for me.
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