"Somehow, maybe someday" by Laurie Molloy

The fire inside me

still will rage-

and the laughter

will burst,

and the love

overflow.

The life i live

will move me

and you and maybe one day

i will figure out how to

move the world.

It is now heavy

and full with anger

and hate,

but there is also

wonder and love

and kindness

and a higher power above.

I hope i can

one day

move the world

somehow.

"Epiphany" by Laurie Molloy

The grand and endless forest of enlightenment

meets us in small and large places-

falls upon us at times of distraction

and also carefully planned outings.

An epiphany occurs as suddenly

as bird poop can land upon your car,

as unexpectedly as a phone call

from the publisher's clearing house.

And in that moment of realization

Your riddle solved, and your puzzle complete,

you feel like you have won the ultimate prize-

freeing your mind from the puzzling array of thoughts

that once perplexed your soul.

"Anna the Warrior" part 1, a science fiction saga

"Anna the Warrior"

She was born in 2040, not too far into the future. Her family was lucky to have produced the perfect child. She had perfectly straight chestnut hair and green eyes deeper than the turquoise sea. She was 5'10 and perfectly muscular and just thin enough. Both of her parents had already been through The System, but they were relieved that Anna would not have to go through that.

The System is a program introduced to society in 2030. Anyone who is not perfect is fixed to be beautiful and aestically pleasing to everyone around them. The new president can't bear to view ugliness, so his new mission is to make everything in the world lovely.

At first President Pete Blossom began doing simple things like creating community gardens and planting more trees. He set forth laws to declare that all businesses must have some type of foliage near their buildings. Then, he made it illegal to have a personal home that did not include a flower garden somewhere on the property. Finally, he went to0 far and created The System.

The System will be difficult to bring down. Everyone appears happy with their new perfect bodies and faces, but it is hard to tell. No one has the choice anymore to keep their original self in tact. Each body is refabricated to be perfect according to System guidelines. Many bodies are given new limbs and resurfaced skin. Some even have eyes and ear replacements. It is a tragedy of epic proportions.

Anna is born lucky and extremely beautiful. She is the one who will finally realize The System's multiple failures and how it takes away from the genuineness of mankind. When she is old enough she will start to make changes, or she will at least try. There are many barriers in place to stop a total System breakdown.

"The Amazing World" by Laurie Molloy

Watching the days pass by

from my living room couch,

and the nights move forward-

gazing into the dark evening.

The moon rests softly

atop the midnight sky-

from the cement apartment porch

i longingly peer upwards,

wishing to be enveloped

in the vast infinity above,

among the galaxy.

One precious creature

appreciating the wonder-

imagining what can be.