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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Temporary
A relentless treadmill Which cannot be stopped Being punched by a boxer Who you cannot block A screaming creature At every sunrise Weights strapped to your legs When you’re paralysed An emergency alarm blaring But the help won’t come An approaching darkness Heralded by deep bass drums A bottomless pit Threatening to swallow you whole… Continue reading
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Spinning
Thoughts revolving In my head I am dizzy from their spin Darkness swirling Creates a whirlpool That tries to sucks me in Bitter remarks Beat me down Break my self-esteem Constant critiques And overthinking Create an awful din I pause I stop And lift my head up See the world That spins around me And… Continue reading
Anxiety, Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Rumination, Writing -
Redemption
A short poem on hope Pain and suffering Groans and tears Can birth trees of hope That last for years Continue reading
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The Tap
Open the tap Let the words flow out Wash away your dark feelings Let the stale waters spout Release the pent-up frustration Let that fall by the wayside Then collect the pure water that follows Let that be your guide Words that will build up your reader Inspire those who’ve stopped There are so many… Continue reading
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Shocked By Pain
It has finally hit me The scale of what I’ve faced The seriousness of the challenge The scars that cannot be erased I had numbed it out In the day-to-day battle to survive I had buried that truth In a dark place inside But it now washes over me Like a towering ocean wave I… Continue reading
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Morning Dread
A lament This sucks There’s no other way to put it My head is pounding I am stuck in a cesspit Energy drained Like water from a sink A weight on my mind So I can barely think A day stretches before me It seems so long I can’t quite understand How the night is… 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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