Autumn Dry
Poetry

Autumn Dry

By September 2, 2014May 2nd, 2017No Comments

I know
I’m not
oak tree-trunk
solid,
rather
its Autumn-dry
brown leaf–
cracked and
crumbling
at slight
breeze
of letdown
and uncertainty.
You’re breaking me
at the beginning
and I’m
weak
and needy
pitifully
squirming.
Please, help me
to see
Your aim
was never
to make me
impressed
with my own
shadow,
but root-
pressed
deeply
into the
soil that’s
feeding me,
green only
because the
adjacent stream
is nourishing
and the sun’s
bright beams
producing
fruit in me
each, yea,
even this
season of testing.

Quina Aragon

Quina Aragon

Quina Aragon is an author, speaker, and spoken word artist based in Orlando, Florida. She has written three children’s books—Love Made, Love Gave, and Love Can—and a book for adults, Love Has a Story. Her first fiction book, a novel-in-verse titled If Hurricanes Were Flowers, is set to release in 2027 with InterVarsity Press. Born in Manila and raised in Orlando, Quina is of Filipina, Puerto Rican, and Jamaican descent. As a first-generation child of immigrants, her writing explores identity, migration, and how our personal and cultural stories echo Scripture’s grand narrative. She has helped create projects through her writing, editing, creative vision, teaching, and/or performing for clients like Christianity Today, Vū Virtual Production Studios, YouVersion Bible App, Propel Women, Chasing Justice, Truth's Table, The Gospel Coalition, Ballet 5:8, InterVarsity Press, Bethany House Publishers, Moody Publishers, The Good Book Company, Harvest House, Risen Motherhood, Cru, Proverbs 31 Ministries, Training Leaders International, and many more.

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