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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Shock
A lament Dark words In cruel script The delivering fingers Are torn and ripped The blackness of a soul That has been rent bare Gloomy whisperings The page will tear What do I do With words like this? With emotions so vast They engulf me like a mist I wrote a poem And the earth Continue reading
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Facing Fear
I didn’t see it I didn’t comprehend The fear that gripped me That hemmed me in Born from past trauma From difficult days When my mood was low And my concentration in a haze I made it through I somehow survived But that feeling of fear Left scars inside I vowed never to allow myself Continue reading
Anxiety, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing -
Endless Pain
I am stuck in a loop Every day feels the same I have to fight the same battles I have to endure the same pain I have to face the same doubt About whether I will recover Then realise I have to continue Otherwise I will go under I am tired of wondering If I Continue reading
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I Lost Myself
I lost myself In a place deep inside I became what I wasn’t To make it through life I became a caricature I became a cliché Camouflaged to the background To make it through another day I learned to wear a mask To fit the stereotypes The real me cast out To wander lost in Continue reading
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Years of Pain
I look back With such pain Seeing the years of suffering All to no gain All that pain Because of what I didn’t know Fighting desperately But with nothing to show When all this time I was built differently Needed different things To live successfully I beat myself up With hard, rigid rules I thought Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Trust, Writing -
A Letter To Writing
I lost you My dear friend We grew apart It was almost my end You are my comfort in the night The tissue that wipes my eye You are the salve to the wounds That depression cut inside It assaulted me Tried to crush my life There wasn’t a day When I didn’t feel its Continue reading
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What Does Pain Look Like?
Do you know what pain is How it is defined? Could you explain it to me If you had the time? Would you recognise it If you passed it in a crowd? Could you pinpoint its voice In a cacophony of sound? If someone asked you To describe its shape? Could you do a rough Continue reading
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Mocking Memories
Scarred memories Buried inside When I begin to write They come alive Dancing corpses In my mind They tease and mock me My dignity maligned But now life returns To these deadened areas Once stagnant waters Pass the lifted barriers These words cleanse my mind Purify it from the ash As the moving water sweeps Continue reading
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Keys to Contentment
Choose purpose over pleasure Avoid passivity, not pain Aim for progress, not perfection Celebrate every marginal gain Embrace the peace of silence Take stock of what you own See boredom as an opportunity To find creative ways to grow Relish every breath Treasure every sunrise Stay near to those who love you Choose an impactful Continue reading
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Forget This Poem
Forget this poem Forget these words But remember the emotions Remember the hurt Remember the journey From dark to light The cracking of dawn And the fading of night The initial lines of despair That transform into hope Remember the catalyst The One who helped me cope Forget these words Forget this poem But remember Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 