Posts by timmothyholt

Coloring Book

By on Nov 5, 2012 in Poetry | Comments Off

There’s something wrong with my coloring book: I can’t see the lines. Is this a cow or a horse? God must need glasses, perhaps a change in prescription, or clean the present ones. Maybe God’s eyes with age can’t see well; looking over all creation is a strain. Maybe the printer mixed up my book at the shop, or it got smudged in the printing process. How am I to stay within the lines, let alone know what color to use? If I could have read more clearly, would I have stayed within the lines, pledging an unobtainable life of purity? You see I strayed out, was called sinful, an...

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