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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My Blood is Black
My blood is black And I bleed from pens My tears are black ink Which paper fails to stem I create instead of crying My pains made eternal Hide the dark nights of my soul In the deep cracks of a journal My hand reaches out As I am engulfed by a vapour And my Continue reading
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Winding Paths
A haiku on hope Lost in winding paths Terrain is black like my heart You will set me right Continue reading
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Trapped Words
Trapped words In my chest Screaming out Still unsaid A myriad of ideas Swirling in my mind I’m running out of space And I’m running out of time This burden of passion Has no outlet It pierces me with sorrow And fills me with regret This childhood dream Lives in my heart Waiting for the Continue reading
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Old Chains
A short poem on hope Old chains lie heavy Caked in a layer of rust Our fears leave us bound Hope releases us Continue reading
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Deep Wounds
Deep wounds In secret places Angry scars Not the only traces Bitter is the water Tainted with pain The sky weeps An endless torrent of rain Take my hand In the midst of this storm Hold me close Keep me warm When darkness strikes The tender parts of my heart Lord, take the shattered pieces Continue reading
Anger, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Writing -
Impaling Blade
I am pierced with a blade Right down to the heart The point points out my back I know, it’s all rather dark It can come out of nowhere These feelings of low It can’t be bargained or reasoned with Despite all that I know So, I roll with the punches Rise up stronger when Continue reading
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The Search
Bruised heart Always burns Bitter wounds Still never learn Empty tables Where friends once sat Dark clouds My emotions entrapped Reaching hands Grasp thin air Paper and pen My mind becomes clear I searched for answers For freedom, for friends It was in quiet reflection That I found peace in the end Continue reading
Anger, Anxiety, Bitterness, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Writing -
Mind Forge
Bring me to the mind forge That deep place within me Where emotions are metals And writing the smithy I enter the mind forge My emotions a metallic mix The impurities are removed The inconsistencies are fixed This page is my mind forge Where emotions are melded Where they are forged in unbreakable iron And Continue reading
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Restoration
A haiku on hope A blackened vision Devoid of hope and empty Life can come from ash Continue reading
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Hope’s Star
A lament Into darkness I fell Lost sight of all light Pierced by agony By the depression of my plight I held a star in my hand Its heat burned me But if I let it go No other light will I see O tempestuous storms Hear my cry Tell your waves to calm Do Continue reading
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