Author: Jacob McGowen

In the End, My FriendBy: Jacob McGowenI see your horns and tailI see your wicked grinAnd I do not believe The evil lies that you do spinI see your true ambitionAnd the passions that you craveThat you’re just an empty vesselWho sold his soul for power and fameAnd you’re not so great yourselfWhile you may…… Continue reading In the End, My Friend

Black Book Friends(Jacob R. McGowen) [1st Verse]One day you found a lover in aWealthy Brooklyn manAnd together you constructedA wide empire of great sinAnd you sought out all the innocentAnd they would soon know all too wellYour vile, cruel wickednessSpun straight from hell [Pre-Chorus]And on that wretched islandYou thought you’d get awayBut I’m quite unlike…… Continue reading Black Book Friends

For over twenty years now, I have been a Christian music fan. For closer to twenty-four years, I have written numerous songs and poems and have dreamt of them becoming actual songs sung by Christian music artists and bands. I love streaming music of all genres and I still purchase and download music as well.…… Continue reading Every Prayer Heard

“Dear reader, there are people in the world who know no misery and woe. And they take comfort in cheerful films about twittering birds and giggling elves. There are people who know that there’s always a mystery to be solved. And they take comfort in researching and writing down any important evidence. But this story…… Continue reading The Gift of Refuge

Old Town Fort Collins, CO has benefited from the addition of a Target store, that opened in November of 2021. In its past lives, the location was both a Safeway grocery store and a 24 Hour Fitness gym. The latter was open only a year before closing in March of 2020 due to the Coronavirus…… Continue reading 7 Eleven Mic Drop

It was a job that everyone wanted each Monday. Getting to take a zipper bag full of your classroom’s lunch money down to the cafeteria offered third-graders and older, at my elementary school in Louisiana, a brief moment to get out of class. It was on one Monday, that I, as a fourth-grade student, got…… Continue reading Words Remembered

We’ll Have Chick-Fil-A(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:Never should have made it past my teensEveryone thought that I would beForever ever captive to my mindWould work and study late at nightAnd in the morning pout and cryWhen I couldn’t get the grades that I desiredBut someone stood in the gap for meSee my momma prayed always for meAnd…… Continue reading We’ll Have Chick-Fil-A

Seth MacFarlane is a rarity in Hollywood, due to the fact that he is immensely multi-talented. As an actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, director, comedian, and also as a singer, he has entertained global audiences for over two decades. Yet, the man behind the TV shows Family Guy and The Orville, amongst other things, could have…… Continue reading Grace For All

Standard Setters(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:They were a threat to the systemThe church of Jesus ChristIn its early daysThey stood for Him and His KingdomAnd the Empire of RomeSought to quench their flameThey endured great persecutionAnd they remembered allThe words that their Lord did sayThey longed for Heaven’s reunionThough it seemed so closeAnd so far awayAnd in…… Continue reading Standard Setters

Maskless(Jacob McGowen) The sun feels so good I must sayLike it has not felt in so many daysSomehow I feel lighter and braveTo venture outdoors againFor two years I’ve covered my faceOn and off, here and thereIn the cold, heat, and rainBut for now, it seems that todayThe mask crowd has lost its reignOh, it…… Continue reading Maskless