We are pleased to announce the winner of our publishing contract contest as Billy Charles Root with his entry No Vacancy and an outstanding essay!
~ No Vacancy ~
The bread of life
Laid in a trough
No room at the inn
Like you would’ve thought
For sinner to feast upon
For the hungry to eat
Not for our bodies
But for our souls to keep
For all who are weary to finally rest
To lay our head on the father’s chest
No room for his birth
No room for grace
No room anywhere
There was no place
No place for a baby
we want a king
A warrior strong and mighty
With a sword to swing
To cut down our oppressors
And set all things right
How would this baby bring us any light
Soft and gentle son of God
A lamb to be slain
Seems a bit odd
Raised by a stepfather
working with wood
How would this do us any good
Our King to live a poor man’s life
Poverty-stricken and full of strife
Sounds more like a slave
not the bread of life
A Misfit weirdo
Ghetto out casted
Put on flesh
Hope of the world
To him we are fastened
Creator from the start
Finisher of the faith
Walk with sinners
In a human state
Emanuel
God with us
Born to die a sinners fate
Wait a Minuit
That’s not a king
At least not one I’ve ever seen
I wonder if there’s room for me
In the heart of such a selfless king
Is there room for me and all my sins?
Is there room in his kingdom?
Can he be my redeemer kin?
Is there a space in the wood shop?
Can he sand me smooth?
Will he knock off the rough edges?
Can he really be the truth?
They say he is the life
The only way to the father
But he eats with drunks and prostitutes
Why would God even offer?
Is there room for us?
Is there room for the curser?
The stealer?
The luster?
How about the killer?
The hater?
The unbelieving trouble maker?
Maybe that’s not the right question
Maybe not at all
Maybe he’s the one asking
Maybe we make this call
What If he is free
To save all who want to be
They say he will die
To take the place of me
My pardon he will buy
The bread of life
laid in a trough
No room at the inn
like you would’ve thought
For sinner to feast upon
For the hungry to eat
Not for our bodies
But for our souls to keep
© Billy Charles Root
Writing Contest Entry 2014
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Billy’s Essay:
I write to pour out my entire self; my heart, soul, spirit and mind. There is this constant buildup of thoughts and rhymes, new words create themselves within my mind. Words start combining themselves with other words. I can feel the energy that this process creates within me and I feed off of it. My heart rate changes and my breathing becomes shallow like I’m having a heart attack and anxiety plagues me until I can get it out on paper, tablet, pc, anything. I can create what I see and hear inside my head so that I can hold it and see it in my hands and cherish it and then share it with any and all who might take the time to share in what I have created.
I also write because writing just happened one day. I am a Christian and upon becoming a Christian I fell in love with Jesus and the writing of the King James Bible. Even now reading from it calms me and provokes me to express my heart in this relationship. These are the most inspiring objects for me. I am inspired to write that I might maybe in some way, no matter how minute or large, make an impact. I hope to change or make a change in this world while I’m in it. I hope to leave behind the inspirations that inspired me for my children and friends and even possibly people I won’t ever meet.
To go deeper into why I write I must go deeper into my thoughts. I see freedom in writing. I can go anywhere I want at any time I want with whomever I want. I can create smells, tastes, sounds, feelings, people, places and things. If I write out my love for someone or something my thoughts become real, tangible, and seeable. I can send an actual piece of me across the globe and touch another’s mind, heart, and soul. I can encourage and comfort my loved ones with a special write that is all about them, like immortalizing them in some way. I can freeze time, speed it up, or just stop it if I want to.
What inspires me as much as the King James Bible and my personal relationship with Christ is life; Living life, seeing life, hearing life. To go through a situation and see it in a non-mundane way, to see it in a magical way, and writing does that. I write mostly poetry because there are not many rules and I can combine everyday phrases and words creating worlds within worlds in different settings. I can describe hot and cold or dark and light. It’s just all so limitless! I can combine things like butterfly and dragon and describe a beautiful yet strong women or switchblade and songbird and describe the sharp sounds in music or musical instruments. Most of all, I can bring poetry out of the bible and life and show others the hidden beauty that is all throughout the entire written word and our world.
By Billy Charles Root
Welcome To the Creative Talents Unleashed Publishing Family Billy!
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