I have 3 poetry books out: To Change The World And Other Poems, Believing, and Time Will Come. My website at
http://www.swlucky.net currently contains all the poems, including rough drafts for my 4th book, Lucky. The poem I picked to read over the air was a religious poem and a short one. It is the 16th poem in To Change The World And Other Poems. (Being found in a book, this poem is of course copyrighted.)
THE CROSS
By ... S. W. Lucky
The cross, an instrument of death,
Unavoidable for the true follower of Christ.
Crosses come in many different
Shapes, sizes, and forms,
But we each have our own cross to carry
As Christ commanded us to do.
Do we seek to save our own lives
And dig pits to fall into
Or do we loose our lives for His sake
And build mountain peaks to ascend?
The answers are not always simple
But the cross remains in front of us
Whether we want to look away or not.
Each of us has our own cross to carry,
Like the cross Christ once carried for us.
I have also done work as a writing consultant with works ranging from children's fanfics to the real thing, including anime shows like Sailor Moon. My trademark is using the world "lucky", my last name, is an unusual way. Because of this, the anime Lucky Star is of particular interest to me which is why I first came here.