Anger Anxiety Authenticity Bitterness Christ Christian Poetry Creativity Depression Determination Disappointment Easter Emotions faith Fear Forgiveness Friendship God Gratitude Guilt Haiku Healing Hope Joy Lament Love Mental Health Pain Perfectionism Perspective Poetry Pride Reading Redemption Regret Rejection Rumination Shame Stories 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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Passenger
I have been a passenger In my own mind Feeling my way to freedom As if I were blind My mind was too clouded To get any perspective Concentration eluded me I couldn’t be reflective I had to operate on instinct Trust what He put in me Focus on taking one more step And hope… Continue reading
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Hacker
Depression is a hacker Cracking into my brain Wiring in hopelessness Inserting it into my blockchain It blinds my eyes To any chink of hope And deletes any data That might help me cope It floods my system With pulses of dark emotions Drowning out any thought That might offer a solution It weaves a… Continue reading
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A Golden Day
A golden day In a sea of black When the light seeps out Through a little crack A day when I feel like I am floating on clouds And those stormy rain ones Are nowhere to be found When the only weight on my head Is that of a crown And my weeping heart For… Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Gratitude, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Trust, Writing -
Wounded Soul
I have a wounded soul A vulnerable place within Where my emotions are exposed Where pain has torn my skin Spiteful words Strike so much deeper Infestations of shame enter A torrent of evil creatures My rational mind Can bat the words away But my emotions scream No matter what I say It was then… Continue reading
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It All Feels The Same
Pain if you lose Pain if you win Pain when you do right Pain when you sin Pain when you fall Pain when you rise Pain during the day Pain during the night Pain when you progress Pain when you recede Pain when you despair Pain when you dream Pain if you give up Pain… Continue reading
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Why Me?
Why me? Why now? Why so long? Do I lack power? Do I lack resilience? Do I need to be tougher? Why is it me That always has to suffer? Why these dark feelings Around every corner? Why has life conspired To make each day harder? Why these dark days? Why does the sun hide?… Continue reading
Anger, Bitterness, Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Trust, Writing -
Forecaster
Depression is a forecaster And a bad one at that It took me a while to realise That he is nothing more than a hack He gestures dramatically At his clouds of woe Sweeping in from afar Driving out all hope Tomorrow always heralds At least some sprinkles of failure And there is always a… Continue reading
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Anxiety’s Equations
Anxiety is like a Flustered mathematician A self-appointed professor Who can’t do simple addition He spends his days Scribbling complex equations But he still has yet to master The basics of calculation He stares in panic At his cluttered chalkboard He is bewildered by his own working But of one thing he is sure The… Continue reading
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Frail
A lament I feel so frailLike an ancient vaseA thin sheet of iceA cracking piece of glass A tiny bit of pressurePlaced in the wrong placeAnd my mind caves inAnd the day goes to waste When I stand up for othersSacrifice myselfStrength comes from nowhereSuddenly I can help But when it is timeFor me to… Continue reading
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Stolen Words
The words are snatched Before they reach the paper Ideas snuffed out Fading into vapour Visions in my mind Remain trapped inside For a moment I see wonders Then suddenly I am blind My sight spanned centuries To times unseen But now the memories melt away Like a half-remembered dream The words dissolve Before they… Continue reading
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