Wait, if Jesus died for our sins,
wouldn't his sacrifice be in vein
if we don't sin?

Or, is it that
he was killed
because of our sinful nature?

Further, would his selfless redemption have been possible without the ever-so-hated Judas?
Isn't he just as necessary as Jesus to this tale?
Just as the Devil is with God?

I guess I'm overthinking this.
Thinking begets trouble.

It was the most beautiful being I had ever seen..  He stood at least 7"5.. He wore this beautiful illuminating armor that my eyes cannot begin to describe..  I saw him destroy a comet before it destroyed our planet..   The skies had darken and I was ready to leave this place..  But out of no where he shows up and destroys the destroyer with a magnificent light brighter than our sun..  He looked to me with his fiery deep brown eyes..  He then smiled.. The dust and dirt then started to float around him as if gravity had let go where he stood..  He then looked to our now clear sky as his armor begin to shine colors I had never seen..  He was gone in an instant leaving behind a glow where he stood..
S DIVERS

Sol burns bright;
Yet burns out.
So too we,
Love.

Mira al cielo
como un fuego
-con ojos apartan-
el sol sumirse
en el olvido,
en un sueño
profundo,

Mira al cielo
oscureciendo

When we were little
They used to call them
Spotted
Orange
Lizards.

I think they were trying not to scare us with
The words
Standards
Of
Learning.

Standardized testing.

Those things that you need Number Two pencils for.

Those things that they prepare you for
Every year
For months.

Those things that if a cell phone goes off
The entire class comes back
During the summer
And retakes it.

Those things that they give you hours and hours
To take,
Out of our normal schedule,
Even though they only take
Forty-five minutes

Those things that don't even count
Towards our grades
Because
"They're really assessing the teachers--
But it's important to do your best."

SOLs.
Those things that people stress over.

Even though your answers
Are only
Tiny gray dots
On a
Scantron sheet.

Ojos de pasado
ahogados en lágrimas y dudas de antaño,
tiéndeles la mano
ámalos sin reparo.
Manos temblorosas
sonrisa en busca y captura
felicidad y vida viviendo una ruptura.
Dale cariño a esa fragilidad
hasta que el sol poniente sea acariciado por el mar.