If you are sitting in darkness open your eyes turn around to see if there’s light behind you or above or below or to the side not that side, the other side get up and look for some light ask for some light maybe you should have asked right after you opened your eyes if (like Jonah) you know where the switch is … If you see someone sitting in darkness for God’s sake, don’t wait to be asked to share some light Published in Agape Review Ethicist, online education entrepreneur, a

On workday mornings, I only give myself forty minutes to commute to work. In order to save time, I thoroughly studied theories such as why three buses with the same route number arrive at the bus station at the same time. I carefully calculated my time on the road; twelve minutes for the bus, ten minutes for the subway, and thirteen minutes for the final walk. For one month, my calculations worked out perfectly. Whenever I arrived at the central bus station, I would catch a b

Sister is pleading with her friend; Send me a picture of our house Our old house that we abandoned Without a farewell, with hope to return Entrusting it with our youth and a piece of ourselves Thirty years ago, she with her black hair, asked Friend; For the sake of God, only one picture... Friend is still promising Every night, Sister sees the house in her dreams With fig, pear and red berry trees like umbrellas With blooming purple irises in spring And snow flowers on leafle

Each Bible hero— people who became great saints in the end of ends— felt tangibles stripped away in the maturing process. Born in San Antonio, Texas, and raised in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) in Georgia, USA, Christina E. Petrides now lives on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. Her poems have been published in periodicals around the world. Her new verse collection is On Unfirm Terrain (Kelsay Books, forthcoming). She is the author of two children’s books: Blueberry Ma