My shining light When the setting sun slithers silentlyWhen darkness dooms my daylightAnd shadows slither into my soulA satanic stain swallowing my sanity I howl to the heavensImploring, inpouring spiritual salvationHelplessly hoping for her healing heartAnd her tender, tantalizing touch It had to be you, my shining lightLighting my way home to daylightSurround me, secure…
Author: Joe Merkle
Another Garden Catastrphe Averted
In the middle of the night, the garden came alive with secrets only she could hear. This was not a new experience for Beth. By age three, Beth began to realize she was different. She didn’t think it was particularly unusual, but she was too young to understand her extraordinary talents. By age six, she…
Out Like A Light
Making love in our dreams Laughing, exhausted, and gasping for air, we both collapsed on the couch. Playing all our old albums we danced the night away. Memories came flooding back. Our teen years and college days when we clubbed the nights away. The moment we met. When we said, “I do”. The births of…
Each Beat Of Your Heart
Is my life’s elixir Each beat of your heartis my life’s elixirand your kisses impartan unintended strip search Your laugh lights the waythen you dance the ponya reinvented sexual foreplayso innocent and carefree You’re a treasure with no measuremy pièce de résistancean irresistible treasureyou are my soul assistant The man I am did not existyou…
Grief Is Life’s Spiritual Band-aid
Why do we grieve? Why would a loving God have us suffer so? What is the lesson we are to learn from grief? I know that everyone who has experienced grief has asked these questions. I will try to provide possible solutions to them. We grieve because we have loved deeply. God understands we are…
Of Witches And Warlocks
Train them young “Mom! Is my costume ready yet? Halloween is tomorrow!” shouted nine-year-old Oscar as he entered the door, home from school. He received no answer. Where’s mom? She’s always home after school. He began his search. Not in the kitchen or the basement. Not in the yard. He was beginning to worry. He…
A Weird Space Thing
Happened to me tomorrow Image by Freepik.com We’ve all been there—moments in your life that defy definition. This is one of those moments in my life, and I will attempt to tell this story. Many of you will think it is a tall tale. That’s okay—I’ll let you determine if it is. I firmly believe tall…
Naiche’s Enlightenment
A spiritual awakening Image of Mt. Graham by Jbparrish — Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=101639166 Naiche was a mischievous teenSewing wild oats while creating a sceneTo the chagrin of his father, Chief CochiseCochise determined it was time to intervene He led the boy to the highest peak of Dził Nchaa Si’anIt is time my son for you…
Scratching, Scratching…
What’s That Sound? Image by https://www.freepik.com/author/EyeEm It was a cold, dreary late October day. The sleet was assailing them horizontally, making their umbrellas useless as they worked their way towards what she was told was the fresh burial site of her husband’s coworker, John. Suddenly Donna stopped dead in her tracks. “What’s that noise, she asked?”…
Making Love In Our Dreams
Reliving all our childhood schemes Image by https://www.freepik.com/author/freepik Laughing, exhausted, and gasping for air, we collapsed on the couch. Playing all our old albums we danced the night away. Memories came flooding back. Our teen years and college days when we clubbed the nights away. The moment we met. When we said, “I do”. The…