February 2013 Winners

Photo Contest First Place:
by Thomas Warloe

 

Writing Contest First Place:
“Endless Cycle” by Sharon Park

Passed into my hands, another new mission,
Off I ride into the blanket of the night,
As I pass through towns,
Each time I am given Satan’s embrace.

So tired am I,
Alas, continuing on I must go,
Guided by the seraphims’ light.

At each interval,
I am brought into a crowd,
Only to be partaken in a sacrifice.

Whenever a wave of peace hangs,
In my head rings the words: “Why constrained?
How I yearn a long, single, eternal journey,
Never to see the same places.

To be forcefully driven into a journey,
Or to happily go off by myself?
Perhaps the latter.
A journey of my own pick,
None to chain me.
Yet why am I born into a controlled, endless cycle?”

Art Contest First Place:
By Zachary Beers