Embers to Embers by Coletha Albert

They were unknown in their large metropolitan city as Ariel and Joshua, a boisterously quiet couple who kept mostly to themselves now. They began as two lost souls on the garbage pile of the unwanted. She showed him how to get high and he liked it. She had always been high and did not knowContinueContinue reading “Embers to Embers by Coletha Albert”

Ms. Clara’s Family by Coletha Albert

The floorboards of the abandoned parish in Oakhaven still bore the black enamel scorch marks from fifty years ago. That night, six men in gray robes had locked ten-year-old Clara in the center of the subterranean chamber. They burned salt and dried nightshade, chanting long, guttural incantations to drag something cruel up through the earthContinueContinue reading “Ms. Clara’s Family by Coletha Albert”

Immortal Universal Law by Coletha Albert

Once you realize that there is no ending but everything continues AND you understand that what your soul does comes back seven fold – you make better choices. Won’t you?

Aisha, Short Story by Coletha Albert

“Aisha, remember that the most beautiful flowers grow in the wildest of gardens,” my grandmother once told me. “But they have to survive the thorns first.” Her words felt like a distant echo, like a prophecy I was desperately trying to rewrite. Growing up as a Black American female was an intricate dance of survival.ContinueContinue reading “Aisha, Short Story by Coletha Albert”

Why I left you

Yes we were soul mates We still are You wanted me co dependent You wanted me over a barrel I knew you had not learned anything You were still a fool Because you didn’t see That I chose you Just like you chose me No traps were needed I wanted you just as you wereContinueContinue reading “Why I left you”

Beautiful Things

http://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8f6DmYV/ Truth Honor Justice Purity Loveliness Everything Excellent Everything Praisewortthy Think on these things. Set your social media search preferences on these things. Philippians 4:8 because Emmanuel’s Grace is sufficient for you. You will never be sufficient for yourself or me. Let Humility move you to accept this Grace.💜💜💜

Poetic: From Darkness to Light – Paradise

bible.com/bible/111/col.1.13.NIV (Paradise) I am sitting in paradise right now. I just came from a place so horrible I know that hell is real. To top it all off I knew almost everyone there. I went there trying to do the right thing. I thought these people wanted help getting OUT of hell but no. TheyContinueContinue reading “Poetic: From Darkness to Light – Paradise”

So long President Jimmy Carter

(Washington National Cathedral) Today is the day of the Funeral of Jimmy Carter. I feel some kind of way because he was the President of my youth. Did his life make my life as a child in Texas better? No, not at all. There were so many issues that Jimmy Carter never addressed. I supposeContinueContinue reading “So long President Jimmy Carter”