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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The Fight for Faith
I know what this is about The truth has been revealed to me There is a battle going on A desperate fight for victory There is a siege on my faith An assault on my belief An attack led by bitterness Disappointment and grief Hell’s gates are open All they want is one thing That Continue reading
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Transformation
A haiku on hope Metamorphosis The old you has died with Christ Break out the cocoon Continue reading
Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Haiku, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trust, Writing -
Spitting Cobra
Spitting cobra Venom in my eye Erodes my facial structure Exposing my insides My scars are within Where no one can see It’s when I come to these pages That I begin to bleed My words are weighed down with meaning Burdened with grief They carry far too much sorrow For me to even speak Continue reading
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When Words Were Gone
Life set fire To what I loved most Stole the words from my lips Like an unseen ghost The seat of my ideas My passions, my inspirations Was turned into ash Reduced to a charred wasteland Where words once flowed There was a cavernous void The fountain in my heart Was savagely destroyed Words evaporated Continue reading
Anger, Anxiety, Bitterness, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Gratitude, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Writing -
Hidden Stories
A lament Deeply frustrated Seared with pain Burdened with purpose But tied up in chains I have worlds in my mind Characters wander around Their clanging voices In my dreams sound Their epic stories Clutter my thoughts I see their pain and agonies See the battles they have fought I need to let them out Continue reading
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Self-Achievement
There is a heavy weight Resting on my mind An intense pressure A relentless drive To perform, to achieve To always do better A dark cloud over my head No matter the weather Cold winters I feel inside So to self-achievement I choose to die Continue reading
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Deep Rivers
Deep rivers Unsearched depths Buried grief Tears unwept Rise to the surface Bubbling pain Erupt like fountains Misery lived again A tsunami approaches Coming for my heart I brace myself To be blown apart But as the waves hit Instead, I find My roots are strengthened My spirit refined Pain is not the end No, Continue reading
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Anger at Anxiety
I am fury I am rage You fed me lies You caused me pain You wrapped me in chains Made me live in fear You pierced me with sorrow Took everything I held dear In dark you hide Afraid of the light You cast long shadows In hope of causing fright But anxiety, you’re weak Continue reading
Anger, Anxiety, Bitterness, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Writing -
Cracked Heart
Ice cold blade In the centre of my heart A savage stabbing Ripping me apart Out spills pain Thick and black Hissing like snakes As it oozes out of the cracks That stagnant inner mass Has been congealing inside Poisoning my soul Causing me to die The whites of my eyes turn black My skin Continue reading
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Bitter Root
Plant a seed of anger Bury it deep Nurture its sapling Tend gently to its leaves Feed it with resentment Hold it in the heart Let the poison take root And the growth begin to start The plant begins to grow Coiling out from the heart Its tendrils weave around you Reaching out to grasp Continue reading
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