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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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Dark Room
A lament Waking upIn a dark roomAll aloneI must assume Don’t rememberHow I got hereCan’t see anythingBut my own fear The room is vastI have spent years searching itIt is filled with sharp objectsWhich cause me to trip The room’s not squareIt’s an irregular shapeAnd I’ve only just realisedThat it can change It’s fighting meI Continue reading
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Cry of my Heart
An empty cry From an empty heart The sound of a yearning That could never start Surging like the sea Its roar so immersive Thrashing in frustration And yet no one else sees it But You see it And You understand For You too faced pain When You came down to these lands You draw Continue reading
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Deeper
God’s passion surges In the rolling waves He waits with great longing For those He has saved But many stay by the shore Building little castles of sand Only dipping their toes in When life gets out of hand But if we sail out to sea And seek after His presence We are drenched in Continue reading
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Hunger
Fill me O God But may I always still hunger I long to know You But may I never lose the wonder May I not seek quick thrills Or spoil my mouth with cheap pleasures May Your presence satisfy me Be what I always treasure When seasons of drought And weariness blow through When the Continue reading
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Dark Tunnels
Enter the dark tunnels Join the fervent crowds We’ve all heard the rumours That there are treasures to be found We disperse into This underground maze Our search is our own To hunt the thrills we crave As we go deeper We find that we’re alone We delight in the knowledge That what we find, Continue reading
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Condemnation
Like a bludgeon Condemnation aims low Trying to cripple us Our progress to slow It drills in thoughts Hoping to fix them in place Telling us we’re not worthy To finish our race With every blow we allow Our self-esteem becomes distorted Our confidence fractures The supporting structure contorted But just because you fell It Continue reading
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The Morning Mist
A lament Every morningIt descendsNo matter how wellThe previous day ends A haze of confusionA slowing of the mindA misting of the windowThat I have inside To fight itWill drain everything I’ve gotBut to let it sit thereWill make my brain rot And so I must pushTake the mountain pathOnly wearying disciplineWill eventually be enough Continue reading
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Designed
I am designed by You God Constructed intricately Out of millions of configurations You decided on me But the world tells us we’re worthless Unless we fit its mould Submit to its image of perfection So like sheep, we follow So instead of embracing How we were made We lock our gifts away And they Continue reading
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The Pyre
A lament I lay my body Onto the pyre I sacrifice myself To the roaring fire Every morning This is the price I pay To keep on the fight To see another day Every day I have to make the choice To lay down my desires To silence their voice I have to feel the Continue reading
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A Prayer to God
Prayer Bring healing to my heart Peace to my distress I admit my disappointment But choose to trust Your faithfulness Take away my hurt Fill me with hope again Hold me in my brokenness Free me from my shame God I am the One who holds your heart I collect your tears in a bottle Continue reading
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