• By Maren Reed (she/her)
  • Art “Hidden Light” by Jacob Ansari (he/him)

I needed one without shame
a mother’s loss
or potential namesake without regret

making political sense
of political debates without infiltration
verbs not appearing Christian

Blood taking its own course
real blood is bullets
& poems aren’t for taking.

real ministry is asking

Have you ever prayed to bleed?