Samantha: Gift - a poem about persistence
Through all the strain designed to break us down,
through all the scuffles of a life constrained,
one truth remains unchanged, one love remains.
Jessica: Silent Kingdom - an excerpt from The Gates of Horn and Ivory
She had never considered, while enjoying the bounty of flowers and fruit which followed her into the world, that when she looked at all those plants she loved so much, as beautiful as they were, she only saw half of them.
The other half was here, quietly hidden underground.
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There was a place inside this knot of metal limbs, a clearing almost, a hollow, from which he could see the entire manifold branching overhead
Scott: The Rules of Chaos - an excerpt from The Room In Between
The rules of chaos, a contradiction in terms, express themselves in poetry, express themselves in art, but they don’t waste their time trying to refashion the human mind, they sneakily bend around it, hiding behind truths, behind half-organized concepts, behind the things we take for granted.
Jessica: Angel - a sweet Christmas story
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a little girl received an angel decoration. She couldn’t remember who it was that gave it to her, or on what Christmas Eve that was, but every year since she would look at the little angel and make a wish.