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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White Sheets
We all start with a white sheet An unblemished start We smile to ourselves As we cradle it in our arms But we compromise Ignore our ideals Get covered in red paint Our sheets, we fail to shield The inspector shakes his head At our pathetic, sodden mess We had one job To bring this Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Fear, God, Gratitude, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Trust, Writing -
Shame
A haiku on shame A decaying cloak Maligns and grinds my shoulders Yet it is not mine Continue reading
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Rich Fruit
Ideas grow within me Swell like rich fruit Writing is the squeezing That turns them into juice Succulent sentences Luscious lines Spill out onto the paper One at a time The resulting cocktail Refreshes my soul Purges the bitterness From the pain of my toil The words nourish me Remind me of the truth Feeding Continue reading
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Cost of Recovery
I resent it This brutal climb The pain I feel Each time I rise I know it’s worthwhile That freedom is at the top But does the climb to get there Have to cost so much? It burns my insides Makes me retch in pain But I do not want to live with The pain Continue reading
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Abyss
It’s so painful To be like this To have fallen from the skies To be in this abyss To not have the words To say how you feel To experience so much But be unable to reveal In this brief moment When I put pen to paper I can show a fragment Just a small Continue reading
Anger, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing -
Sunken Pits
Sunken pits in a wasteland Designed to trap and maim Mists of fog hang like veils Waiting for your soul to claim You climb out of one pit But fall into another You are trapped in this cycle Each time, it’s harder to recover For in every pit you fall Comes the agonising decision To Continue reading
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The Graveyard
I come to the graveyard Wandering among the black stones I look for the final resting place Of my old, rotten bones I stare at the etched letters Chiselled into cold rock My dark past lies beneath Locked in a cage of cold earth My mind cannot help but wander To a grave now long Continue reading
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Perfectionism 2
A faint whisper Into my ear An unsettling feeling A shiver of fear You always tell me That disaster is on its way That I have to do more To keep the destruction at bay You are an immortal phantom Chasing me down dark alleyways You chant constant threats I always feel your blade My Continue reading
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More Than Words
A pen for the hand A story to tell A bucket cast Into an emotions well A blade for the handle For the truth to fight To fend off the whispers Encircling me in the night A portal for the mind My problems to transcend To change my perspective To know that they will end A Continue reading
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Radiant Light
A radiant light Piercing the dark A fragrant wind Drifting in from afar A well in the heart Erupting with strength An inner treasure chest Overflowing with wealth A roaring fire Defying the winterly winds A chain-shattering song That a small bird sings This is what The love of family means This is the comfort Continue reading
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