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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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Not Forgotten
Not forgotten Not alone No longer broken No longer forlorn Not irredeemable Not a reject No longer ashamed No longer a wreck Not too far gone Not a hopeless case Not a dirty stain That needs to be erased Not an imposter I am not lesser I am not simply someone’s project To try and Continue reading
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Black Poison
I spit black poison Out of my mouth A venomous river Winding its way south It’s an overflow From my tortured heart Injected with misery By events so dark They are harsher than I truly mean But I can’t hold back When I paint this scene I must let the anger The bitterness pour out Continue reading
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Words As Weapons
I use words as weapons To slash this paper So something else can feel The storms I have weathered I use words as tools To mould this inner man To build a new foundation Made of rock, not of sand I use words as drumsticks My heart, the deep, thudding drum The rhythm shows my Continue reading
Anger, Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Gratitude, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing -
False Dawns
Have you ever had that feeling That horrible sensation? That sense of dread When things seem to be changing? When you take a step forward And the ground doesn’t collapse? When you step out of the cage And don’t get caught in a trap? When you begin to realise That all you ever wanted Is Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing -
Cut Adrift
I am adrift on a raft Lost at sea Cast away on an island With no one but me I am in a glass box But the glass is blurred I have given up screaming For I cannot be heard Trapped in a prison Within my own mind My senses stripped away I am deaf, Continue reading
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Mosaic
You weaved my dark notes Into your symphony You took my misshapen works And somehow found symmetry You incorporated my falls Into Your dance You took my defeated posture Made it the opening stance You restyled my ageing architecture From archaic to classic You took my broken pieces And made a mosaic Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Gratitude, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Trust, Writing -
Black Rose
I saw a flower yesterday Hidden among the ash A black rose Peeking through the burnt grass It was frail But it was there all the same Coming forth Despite the lack of rain I decided to sit with it And watch it grow Ignore the devastation That had laid waste to my hopes The Continue reading
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Black Hole
Soulless void Deep inside Imploded star Where my dreams died Parts of my soul Lost to dead space Cross the event horizon Never to be replaced Parts of me That I valued and treasured By immense forces of gravity Are torn and shredded So in my heart Sits a dark singularity An immeasurable weight That Continue reading
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Decay
I can feel the ideas Swelling in my mind Words brewing In a cauldron deep inside They’re multiplying Like cockroaches in a nest Mushrooms are ballooning Filling every part of my head I have to get them out Disperse them onto paper They cause decay in me If I hold them in for later But Continue reading
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Rivers of Thoughts
My thoughts were a river Streaming around and above me A torrent of tension Between who I am and who I want to be I waded in Embraced their depths Tried to contain their power Holding my arms outstretched But the surge only swelled Sweeping me off my feet I was dragged to the depths Continue reading
Anxiety, Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Rumination, Trauma, Writing
Dawn & Dusk 