Astartes Rapture
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since: 09-24-05, id: 495452
country: USA
Author has written 91 stories for Love, General, War, Family, Religion, Nature, Haiku, Fantasy, Spiritual, Life, Humor, and General.

Our Deepest Fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond
measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most
frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world. There is
nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people
won't feel insecure about you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to manifest
the glory of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give
other people permission to do the same. As we are
liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically
liberates others.

Marianne Williamson


1. Bleeding Autumn » reviews
Forgive me, father, for I have sinned. He's not breathing! No pulse! Oh, God . . . Forgive me, Father, for I have become a murderer.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 3 - Words: 10,983 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 3-12-07 - Published: 3-6-07
2. Month of Fools reviews
Irony is a cruel tool of humor.
Poetry: Humor - Rated: T - English - Drama/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 370 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-15-06
3. Astarte's Rapture » reviews
The meaning of my title . . . a potential series of spiritual resurrection. (Late night ponderings)
Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 3 - Words: 1,543 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 8-15-06 - Published: 12-4-05
4. Perpetual Memoirs reviews
tales told . . . but forgotten . . . revered . . . but unknown . . . they just fell alseep . . . and created a legacy
Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 428 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-16-06
5. Jericho's Plunge
Rams' horns paint their lips in scarlet as they prepare to sink fair Jericho. Awe mingled with sympathy. A Renga.
Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 168 - Published: 7-16-06
6. Miry Spectrum of Claustrophobia reviews
Stream of consciousness. Not meant to make sense. Insomniac's ramblings.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Horror/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 272 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-23-06
7. Wildfire reviews
Cigarette fumes still linger upon her embalmed wings . . . (haiku) Please Review.
Poetry: Nature - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-22-06
8. Imperfect Beauty reviews
A double-sided coin, an obscure looking glass . . . come blind
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 24 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-21-06
9. Third Day Whispers reviews
The denial claws the pit of his stomach until an airy whisper steadies the beat of his heart . . . (haiku)
Poetry: Religion - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-21-06
10. Psalm of a Thespian reviews
My soul, my soul, shall I lament thee? The mask shatters upon the stage and I am bare before Thee . . .
Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 485 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-21-06
11. Magnum Opus
How long will you appraise me as artwork?
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 342 - Published: 5-1-06
12. Hazy Memories reviews
maybe she said no in her stammering, but he never heard in his delusion . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-30-06
13. Broken Heels reviews
coffins full of prom decor blacken the room . . . but they are too drunk to notice!
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 25 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-30-06
14. Before the Rain reviews
There is a subtle announcement . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-30-06
15. First Kiss reviews
a bundle of nerves wrapped in innocent curiosity
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-29-06
16. Still of War reviews
Silent is the moment the gunfire ceases to brief serenity . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 12 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-20-06
17. Trauma reviews
Can you feel the panic?
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 20 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 4-20-06
18. Inferno Tango reviews
Dare you kiss them?
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 12 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-7-06
19. Sovereignty reviews
The ocean is so much like a woman . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Mystery/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-7-06
20. The Monster reviews
Don't we all play Frankenstein?
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Horror/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 21 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-7-06
21. Stained Zephyr reviews
Who harvested her innocence!
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-7-06
22. Forked Ends reviews
Thus begins the melancholy despair . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 42 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-7-06
23. Absolution M'Dear reviews
Soon we shall forget, so why wait to forgive?
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-7-06
24. Tempest Relics reviews
The ship drones forever on . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-6-06
25. French Kiss reviews
Such natural romance!
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-6-06
26. Reticent Flora reviews
Ever wonder why the petals curl at the moon's touch?
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Mystery/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-5-06
27. Pupil Textbooks reviews
Taciturn boys . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-4-06
28. Pastel Mystery reviews
Why does she mourn?
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-4-06
29. Psalm of Clout reviews
A renga.
Poetry: Religion - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 116 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-3-06
30. Deep Roots Expanded reviews
It's almost like we fear breathing his name . . . fear to cry bitterly . . . some things hurt too much
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 132 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-3-06
31. Deep Roots reviews
. . . for Steven
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-3-06
32. Mercury's Veins reviews
A tanka.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 25 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-3-06
33. 1945 reviews
Their pages crisped to ashes.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Horror/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 4-1-06
34. Elegy of the Dawn reviews
They coo in search of the horizon's pale streaks . . . pleading unto Thee for hope's miracle.
Poetry: Religion - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 123 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-1-06
35. By Lamplight reviews
The glow floods the dark's corner as the pages turn . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 27 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-1-06
36. April Tassels reviews
It's that time again . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-1-06
37. Dreamers reviews
motocross . . . sometimes you have to wonder if it is worth losing all senses . . . like so many have . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 215 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-7-06
38. M O T O C R O S S reviews
Oh, how a brother's passion consumes your own life . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 21 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-7-06
39. Close Shave reviews
sometimes you have to cut deeper than the fuzz
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 19 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-6-06
40. Winter's Breach reviews
Won't you pause for a moment, tiny sparrow?
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 28 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-5-06
41. Fadanid reviews
isolation . . . the salt stings their eyes
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 142 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-4-06
42. The Problem Of Pain reviews
The problem of pain is that we cause it . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-3-06
43. Beyond Wrath reviews
Wrath is but a level of anger
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 22 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-1-06
44. The Grassy Seer reviews
What airy whimpers can disguise the ruin of men . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 103 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-1-06
45. What Tangled Webs We Weave reviews
When we practice to deceive. . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 96 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-28-06
46. Insipid Mornings reviews
just one of those days when the haze replaces air
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 60 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-26-06
47. Crucifixion reviews
it's never a fast death . . . the hours tick by as you drown in illusions of serpents and Utopia . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Horror/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 104 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-26-06
48. Purple Haze reviews
all the pretty colors make me ill
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-25-06
49. I Guess We Broke reviews
we knew each other yesterday as porcelain dolls . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 23 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-25-06
50. Death's Merry Epitaph reviews
you try to live forever with surgical gloves . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 30 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-24-06
51. Of Mixed Philosophies reviews
he believes he has failed unless you leave the classroom sososo lost
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-24-06
52. Pills reviews
it's always too late to go back . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-24-06
53. Bookworm reviews
the pages take you away and bind you within their words
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 22 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 2-24-06
54. Of Whispered Crushes reviews
Serendipity is a cruel game . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 23 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 2-20-06
55. Hopeless Romantic reviews
Don't love thyself in the mirror too long . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 22 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-20-06
56. December reviews
they rest in self made tombs . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-20-06
57. And the Saints Laugh reviews
Kiss the stone for eternal life!
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 37 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-19-06
58. Of Serpentine Streams reviews
perhaps just a piece of waking Paradise . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 201 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-18-06
59. Summer Days reviews
Silently watching memories slip beyond my grasp into June . . . farewell until always . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 93 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-18-06
60. Just a Poor Man in a Potter's Field reviews
Judas . . . how thee have fallen!
Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 288 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-9-06
61. Pontius Pilate reviews
He unwillingly sent the prisoner to the cross . . . a pondering on a governor's thoughts.
Poetry: Religion - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 875 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-31-06
62. Anxiety reviews
My body trembles with anxiety every day . . . so I put it onto paper . . .
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 110 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-13-06
63. as from an alabaster jar reviews
From the vial of alabaster she poured out the depths of her soul . . .
Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 663 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-10-06
64. Second Class Souls reviews
"the steeple casts them in hellish shadow" Very different style than anything else I have written.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 440 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-29-05
65. Man of Cyrene reviews
"You, carry the cross"
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,371 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-23-05
66. Sheol's Nightmare reviews
Based upon the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. Follow his decent into Sheol . . .
Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Angst/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 236 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-23-05
67. The Prodigal reviews
We are all lambs led astray . . . what is she searching for? Highly symbolic.
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,177 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-23-05
68. The Thief reviews
"I am a thief, I am a murderer . . . " The tale of the good thief . . .
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,558 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 12-22-05
69. The Canvas reviews
The air is filled with a lust, a waiting lust for a break of war. Gabriel walks the newly birthed earth . . . and Lucifer with him . . .
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,297 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-22-05
70. Old Man Sea reviews
He stands upon the harbor, calling to his lover, forever searching.
Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 150 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-22-05
71. Just a Playboy reviews
he is not just the naive teenager who smiles without agony . . . without fear . . . without anger . . . here is a different look . . .
Poetry: Family - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 419 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-19-05
72. Penmanship reviews
When he writes in secret intimacy . . . of the one who smiles at him in his imagination . . . he becomes an artist
Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 144 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-18-05
73. You Can't Believe in Everything You Read reviews
Based on a true story . . .
Poetry: Religion - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 266 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 12-18-05
74. Only a Crutch reviews
Wooden pegs are not the only crutches we burden . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-16-05
75. he came through the window reviews
ever wonder about the men dressed as Santa, who wait for just a dollar . . . then follow you home . . . for more? I did.
Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 307 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-13-05
76. And She Cuts Herself reviews
She slices . . . hoping he will not come to her bed tonight.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 132 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 12-11-05
77. I Never Saw It Coming reviews
He never heard the shot . . . a haiku.
Poetry: War - Rated: T - English - Angst/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-11-05
78. His Nails reviews
Those rusty nails held Him . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 12-11-05
79. Sightless reviews
They say it's like looking through a tunnel . . . nice and slow
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-10-05
80. The Beauty of Those Lines reviews
. . . the wonder of your age lines . . . pure beauty . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-10-05
81. Sequipedalian reviews
A whore of words . . .
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-10-05
82. Healing Rain reviews
He's a papa rooster now . . . (3am ramblings)
Poetry: Family - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 381 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-9-05
83. Satin Sheets reviews
(4 am ramblings of an insomniac)
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 173 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-5-05
84. Summer's Slumber reviews
The greatest demon to a world of natural beauty . . . innocence is destroyed . . . a tragedy . . . (Written in Old English style)
Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 997 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-4-05
85. Collateral Whiskey reviews
I drink this searing liquid for hopeless tranquility . . . from YOU! (Review and I will try to return the favor.)
Poetry: Family - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 383 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 11-20-05
86. Tiny Jester reviews
Won't you cut these damned strings, and let me mourn . . .
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 326 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-20-05
87. Burning reviews
A raging teen meditates on himself and the family that mislabels him . . .
Poetry: Family - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 146 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-19-05
88. Artwork reviews
Ornate depiction of how a teenager sees his father's nightly abuse. (I'm no poet; I just love to write. Be gentle but honest.)
Poetry: Family - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 315 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 11-19-05
89. Fusion reviews
When there is naught but stains to speak . . .
Poetry: War - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 171 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-11-05
90. Pretense reviews
Perfection, such a delusion to reality.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 31 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-30-05
91. Slay Me Briefly reviews
. . . a whore's odium for Thee
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 341 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-30-05