Whole
They clipped my wings today
and asked why I didn’t fly
I tried to explain to them
that part wouldn’t work
I needed the whole
and they told me
But you still have wings
why don’t you fly?
—Starla J. King

Truth
God Loves You they said
and pointed at me
adding
their own conditions.
(I thought they were God.)

Then I did
something
so they only loved me
before.
(I still thought they were God.)

Now I hear a different them
say
God Loves You
as they hold
close my differences.
I know. They are God.
—Starla J. King, Ashburn,
Virginia, helps organizations
create and use virtual environments
to increase their effectiveness.
Poems are the work of her soul.