The Eckleburg Project

Texas A&M's Official Literary Journal

The Eckleburg Project is the official undergraduate literary journal of Texas A&M University. We are an undergraduate organization featuring student poetry, prose, and art. Now with thirteen issues under our belt, we started with the idea that art should be free and easily accessible to the community.

Our staff is composed of undergraduate students and editors who select pieces to be published semesterly under a process of blind review. For information on how to join, go to our apply page. For information on how to submit, go to our submissions page. For general inquiries, or just to say hello, contact our organizational email at theeckleburgproject@gmail.com.

As always, we thank you for your support as we continue to foster art here at Texas A&M.

Lightning In A Bottle by Kevin Castro

September 20, 2021  /  The Eckleburg Project

Lightning in a bottle, they used to call him

The little boy wonder who could brave the deadliest storm

Who could tough it out against the Old Testament Tyrant

Look Death in the eyes and spit at their feet

 

Lightning in a bottle, he used to be

The mythic man who brought destruction for his foes

Who fought the sky during a drought until she bled rain

Tough as a man wished he could be

 

Lightning in a bottle, that boy could’ve been

The glass cannon who took anyone and everyone down with him

Who could’ve been so much more than “a worthy sacrifice”

If only the stories were true

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