Realizing by Stephen Jarrell Williams

Trying to talk
the right talk,
feel
the good force,
work the healing
wonders,

realizing
I'm just one
granule of sand,
waiting
for the unfathomable
sign
that must be.


Published in Einstein's Pocket Watch- December 2009

Hunger by Stephen Jarrell Williams

Robbery
at the grocery store

Tuesday night
parking lot near empty

cop car flashing
a guy in cuffs

screaming and crying
he had no food

I kept my distance
saw he was thin

apple pie
smeared around his mouth

a small crowd gathering
they pushed him into the cop car

he had holes
in the bottom of his shoes

he looked at me
as they drove him away

he could have been me
he could have been everyone

circumstance dictating
hunger eating away his mind.



Published in Beatlick News, Blue Collar Review, & Camroc Press Review

Lift Me Up by Stephen Jarrell Williams

Oh, God
catch me
in my falling,

don't let me
hit bottom,

lift me up
past circumstances,

lift me up
over the clouds,

star touching....


Published in Einstein's Pocket Watch- 2010

Someday by Stephen Jarrell Williams

Someday
it will be
over...

touching
stars
like flowers,

taking in
everything
as we need,

knowing
we go on
forever,

ecstasy
spirits
within God.


Published in Einstein's Pocket Watch- 2010

Over The Abyss by Stephen Jarrell Williams

The differences
widening...

They're coming after us.

We're not saints.
They're not devils, yet.

Run for it.
I'll protect your back.

My collected anger
will topple them for a time.

See you
on the other side...

where we can't lose
our wings.


Published in Black Lantern Publishing- November 2009

Flight by Stephen Jarrell Williams

In the lift
of our spirits
reaching up,

world woes
forgotten below,

span of stars
tinkling
to a greater light,

we fly
fly
knowing the way.


Published in Einstein's Pocket Watch- July 2009