Male Voice

With each new gallery exhibit at Common Grounds, a collection of written expressions are published in a little, but meaningful, booklet called Inklings. You can pick up a copy in the Common Grounds Coffee Bar at LWCC. It offers poetry, reflections and short stories by the voices of Living Word, typically women's voices. I'd like to see that change and find more men to submit their works of written art. Amazingly, right after Inklings was published for the August exhibit, I received poetry from two men of LW. My heart sang.

Here is a piece by Ryan Johnson. We thank you, Ryan, for submitting your heart's expression in the form of a beautiful poem.

Prayer

He fights for the Words to express
The direness of his distress.
Plagued by his fear
He longs for someone to hear.

Softly it starts as only a whisper
The air becomes crisper
The sound of a prayer
How could anything be fairer?

While small in length and size
It's heartfelt with tears in his eyes.
Every word chosen with care
So his story, he may share.

For it is Him that will listen
To every problem and everything missin'.

Written by Ryan Johnson

If you have a written piece you'd like to share and have published in the November Inklings, please email it to deAnn Roe.
Grace & peace ~ deAnn