Anger Anxiety Authenticity Bitterness Christ Christian Poetry Depression Determination Disappointment Easter Emotions faith Fear Forgiveness Friendship God Gratitude Guilt Haiku Healing Hope Joy Lament Love Pain Perfectionism Perspective Poetry Pride Reading Redemption Regret Rejection Rumination Shame Temptation Thankfulness Trauma Trust Truth Worship Writing
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Dawn & Dusk Intro
I write poems of light and dark. From the darkness of my experience of depression to the light of my faith and hope in Jesus Christ. On some days, my poems feel like a brightening dawn. On others, like a deepening dusk. But always I hold on to the truth. That the light will overcome Continue reading
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Prisoner
Do you know what it’s like To be trapped inside? To be held a prisoner Within your own mind? To have skills and abilities That you are unable to reach To be filled with knowledge But be unable to speak For the good things you wish to do To be drowned by sorrow For the Continue reading
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Grounded
I sink my feet in Into the cement of Your Word It wraps around my legs And in it, I am secured The earth shakes beneath I am buffeted by the tide The four winds of uncertainty Strike me from every side Economies fail and empires fall Predictions miss their mark The unthinkable becomes reality Continue reading
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I Burned and I Bled
I burned and I bled Was dipped in boiling water Imprisoned in damp cells My feet placed in mortar I felt the stark isolation Of a darkness ever-deepening I felt the force of water Of a tide never retreating I sang songs of woe To empty skies at night Scrawled words of agony In a Continue reading
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Broken Shoulders
A lament I have held the worldOn my broken shouldersAllowed my body to be usedAs a shield for others I pushed my wounded soul onWhen I wanted to give upKept up the standardsMade sure I did enough I cried out for helpShowed my sorrow to others Tried to show the tortureThat for so long, I Continue reading
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Garden
Once sin flourished in my life A carpet of twisted weeds But Lord you’ve remade this landscape Planted a host of new seeds But You did not just plant new flowers To try and balance it out You weren’t afraid to confront The deep roots of my doubt You completely uprooted the ground From the Continue reading
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Frustrations
It’s not all my fault It cannot be No one has put as much effort Into this as me I have opened up My most vulnerable spaces All I have had in return Are cold, empty faces They throw generic solutions At my complex problems Ignored my years of trauma For a simple maths sum Continue reading
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Freedom From Fear
Peace is my foundation I don’t fear the storm ahead When the night draws in In peace, I lay down my head You’ve banished my worry My darkness You’ve illuminated The night storms of dread Because of You, have abated No longer do I sleep Wrapped in hopelessness I am held secure In the armour Continue reading
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Healing Haiku
A haiku on worship Broken souls draw nearTheir voices weak from their tearsAll find hope in You Continue reading
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Reluctant Poet
I never wanted this To be a poet To write my darkest emotions So others could know it I would have liked to have been Just like everyone else But it had to be me That went through this hell For my mind to crumple As waves of emotions batter it For my train of Continue reading
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Truths
You are free Untangle yourself from lies Know your true worth From the ashes rise Comfort in your pain Strength when you are weary Christ is in You Overcome in His victory The ultimate sacrifice given Our enemy defeated Our battle already won In heavenly places, we are seated Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 