Vanderbilt Synesis
a faith & reason journal
I’ve been adrift for days now— floatingbetween the taunting sun and thetantalizing bright blue sea, trappedin a mobile prison of rubber. I send a plea of rain only to receivedrops like hundreds of arrows ambushing me.I have no refuge from the weeping cloudsabove. Droplets, bitter and icy, hit my skin. My salty tears blend with […]
A piano is, in essence, a giant brush, and the black and white keys are a palette of vibrant colors. It is where I can freely let out my emotions and lose myself in a world of my creation. One moment, I am lying on a blanket beneath the setting Appalachian sun hearing the playful […]
I was, I still am, a maker. I had a gift and I used itTo capture life itself- the one gift I never treasuredEnough. I have so little time left, I fear I may have lostAll I wanted to give to those I love.And yet, I feel the cold hand of deathBeckoning me,Telling me I […]
The Quilt The waters in the creek were dark. They always have been. Since Jesse was a boy, the color had never changed—a grayish brown, merely because the sky beckoned it to be so— and one could never see beyond its surface. The dark silhouettes of the figures above reflected off its surface, which rippled […]
I buried the old gambler at dusk,His withered hands clutchingAt dice and cards.Riches were his only hopeBut his crumpled suit is empty–No more games to play. He only wanted one more winAnd no one stopped himFrom wagering all he hadAnd all he didn’t have.His hand was nearly perfect,But nearly wasn’t good enough. Casting dice is […]
When I was a child, many of the fairy tales I read began with the words once upon a time and ended with the phrase happily ever after. With these words, I was transported to a magical world where anything seemed possible. Stories like fairy tales captivate the minds of humans, youth and adults alike, […]
