Fire

The element of fire

Constructive, destructive

The bright light of fire

The slight of fire

The all consuming fire

Does not exist

In its natural form.

Exists only by consuming

Another form,

It transforms from one

To another.

Fuels our passion

Leaves everything ashen

Duels the darkness

Heaves on compassion.

Fire, constructively destructive

Fire, destructively constructive

Fire, living death

Fire, dying life.

--Dustin Kimbrell

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Dawn to dusk
Birth to death
Life's a treasured day

--Tucker Raus-Wuth

The Middle Child

So much

depends on

the middle child

a  sibling between

The eldest and youngest

blamed for troubles

and sometimes

the hero

always placed in

the middle of things.

--Cheyenne Travioli

Polaroid

Waxy film

crumples under

the weight

     of

time.

Smiles blurr

at the  

      edge

of

memory.

Life was

never

meant

to be

captured.

The caged

bird

can’t

sing

forever.

--Bailey Blaker

My favorite dog

The sun shines on Trina.

playful,

beautiful.

She plays chicken,

                runs fast,

Protective.

Under the sun,

 she looks tall.

                She’s warm,

                Like a bear.

--Alexis Sigworth

Swimming

As I dive

into the water

I

Instantly get a rush of

cold.

Freezing

--Kierstyn Miller

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The hunter draws back the bow string.

The target, shuffling menacingly,

Remains unaware.

The hunter’s tension obvious through thick camo cloth

Layers, completely focused on the kill.

I approach silently.

The Happy Meal remains unaware.

--George Bender