Based in the desert of West Texas, Amara Bratcher is a full-time student minister who also writes, takes pictures and volunteers with at-risk children. She has written a book entitled The Bridge That Love Built for adopted kids who have gaps in the early years of their lives. She likes her coffee French Pressed and wears her hair curly 365 days a year. 

spotlight

sometimes
the one with the brightest spotlight
the one pointing fingers
and crying outrage
the one who is exclamatory
the one who is inflammatory
the loud
uncompromisingly moral
bastion of truth
is
merely
attempting
to
stay
out
of
the
light
that
could
expose
the
dirt
in
their
own
life

the thing about fear

The Things We Did Not Plant PII