2A Marigold, a Willow Tree, and Me The speaker walks through the woods with a girl. When the girls points out a beautiful marigold, he refuses to see it. He sees instead an ugly willow tree adorned by a ghastly crow.

5Fortitude The forest refuses to surrender his faith in his friends, even in his darkest hours.

3Genocide The waters of the sky battle the waters of the sea in ignorance of their common heritage. Sound familiar?

1Gilead Is there balm in Gilead? I suppose this question is more pertinent now than it ever has been before. This is my interpretation of the answer.

Four Score, Four Score This is very strange and very difficult to understand, but it's about the hidden faults of our land as represented by a band of misplaced demons. It's interesting even if you don't understand it entirely.

Renewed Hope See the aspirations of the desperate man as he sees a doll can be mended. If the doll can be, why can't he?

3The Four Corners of the World Each part of the world plays its own role in guiding human evolution, yet we refuse to acknowledge them.

What It Was All About This is the life of a young girl in its simplest terms. Don't be caught off guard, though: in the troubled mind, simpleness is disturbing. Read her story.

Invisible Loneliness is a powerful and oft-despisable feeling, but it offers us a break from the conformity of life. The speaker confronts himself with leaving his lonely lifestyle to enter the "social" life of conformity. See how he fares.

1The Barn It is as a child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner of a barn.