Unnatural sounds rise in the night
The twisting of metal on metal
Like nails on a chalkboard
Large chunks of concrete
Torn apart, falling to their demise
Crushing, scraping
Ugly sounds
Telling the story
Of many others
Gone down
Too quickly
Being replaced by
Empty, meaningless forms
Looming, threatening
Taking over
Much too rapidly
Squeezing in on all sides
While the people sleep
Hypnotized by
Money
Promises
Ignorance
Lack of vision
Not realizing
One day
They will wake
To find it [...]
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Posted on November 3rd, 2011 by Laurie Cook
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Little Girl
With cleavage, thighs, and stomach exposed announced,
“I’m a woman now.”
A woman.
This
Is a woman
So she’s told. So she’s shown. So she becomes.
Learning to seek her identity in
Eyes that peruse her
And hands that use her.
In sugar coated words
Swallowed so easily
Trying to fill
That space left by daddy
And now she has a baby
But she’s just as empty
This Little [...]
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Posted on September 26th, 2011 by Laurie Cook
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One of my heart’s greatest desires has been to challenge and develop boys and men of all generations to step up into a fuller understanding and genuine growth in the area of Biblical Manhood and Fatherhood. I have been involved with initiatives over the years from inner city Chicago, to Africa and now to the [...]
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Posted on September 12th, 2011 by Michael
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