In the Pen Volume 1: #7: Enchanted

In the Pen Volume 1: #7: Enchanted

A life lived
A thousand times over
And a thousand times again

Each new adventure beginning
Within the magic of the story

I have lived a life enchanted
One filled with stories counted
Among the pages I've wanted

Against challenges unending
An escape lays waiting
To a world unending

The magical mystery
Of the written word
Shall forever leave me
More than I was before

More than I could
Have ever been without

In the Pen Volume 1: #6: Husky

In the Pen Volume 1: #6: Husky

I can hear the howl
Piercing through the moonlit sky
Singing into my ears
An instinctual, beautiful cry
A call of the wild
Bringing proud music
To the silent night

In the Pen Volume 1: #5: Build

In the Pen Volume 1: #5: Build

With fury
With rage
With a pain unleashed

Shotgun blasts
Of anxiety
Of fear
Of never-ending scars

This is destruction

With help
With love
With a pain shared

Pinpoint potions
Of health
Of energy
Of community

This is how you build

In the Pen Volume 1: #4: Freeze

In the Pen Volume 1: #4: Freeze

Freeze within the frame
A memory everlasting
A dream never lost
A hope forever hopeful
Take with you
Your history preserved
Not on your phone
But in your heart

In the Pen Volume 1: #3: Bait

In the Pen Volume 1: #3: Bait

Hand-carved carnivore
Laying in wait
For hands gloved
In leather
In chain mail
In plates of steel
Both bait and trap
Is this beautiful gift
Dressed up fancy
To disguise its lethality

In the Pen Volume 1: #2: Mindless

In the Pen Volume 1: #2: Mindless

Number One
Bubble A

Number Two
Bubble A

Number Three
Bubble A

Number Four Thousand Two Hundred Seventeen
Bubble A

Some day the students
We tried to zombify
Will save the next generation
From the broken promises

In the Pen Volume 1: #1: Ring

In the Pen Volume 1: #1: Ring

With this ring
I thee wed

With these vows
I thee promise

With my heart
I thee love

With my life
I thee live

I live for you
I live for your love
I live for our future