Fountain PenOut flows black ink,
Your blood in life's brink.
Sacrifice your life,
For your owner's strife.
LibertyOur feet shifted together, though not in unison
And toes were smashed between leather and steel.
Bodies surged forward,
Pressing me against the metal bars.
Cold wind whipped around us,
Drowning out the cries of babies
Searing numbness was accented
By sprays of cold, briny water.
But I did not care,
These discomforts held nothing to the joy within.
I was looking in the face of Liberty,
And she greeted us with the flame of hope.
Time's EndVoices flit here and there,
Carried on the wind,
Crickets chirp through the air,
Just follow them around the bend.
Hear the whistling through the grass,
The gentle sounds of time's end.
2026Prologue:
The woman looked down at the two babies just handed to her by their father. She didn't know what to say; these two human beings were in a cavity in her own body for nine months, and now she was holding them. Although they were of opposite gender, they still looked exactly the same. Well, all babies look alike, right?
"What will we name them?" The doctor said while holding his wife's hand.
The mother replied, "for the girl, the middle name must be Lanette" she said as she went through the list of names they had prepared for this day.
The doctor thought for a moment. "I like the name Aron."
"Erin Lanette. Sounds wonderful..."
"I was talking about for the boy."
The mother shrugged it off. "Well, we can name the boy Aron and the girl Erin."
The doctor raised an eyebrow. "You say that as if they sound different."
The new mother gave a face like this shouldn't ev
LibertyOur feet shifted together, though not in unison
And toes were smashed between leather and steel.
Bodies surged forward,
Pressing me against the metal bars.
Cold wind whipped around us,
Drowning out the cries of babies
Searing numbness was accented
By sprays of cold, briny water.
But I did not care,
These discomforts held nothing to the joy within.
I was looking in the face of Liberty,
And she greeted us with the flame of hope.