Emily's Guilt

Soldier island, stark and lone. Where the ocean waves roar. Emily Brent

stood alone. Emily would read each night of sin and grace, not knowing death

would take her place. A needle sharp and keen. She thought it

was a bee sting. A pregnant teen begging for forgiveness. Shoved out into

the cold, filled with darkness. Emily wished nothing more than for her to vanish

from sight and to fade into the night. Her bible clutched, praying to God.

Bowing her head, she would not. She hoped she would see the light of day.

She would be the last to stay. Going to bed, she felt nothing