Poetry
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Being Myself
I tried not caring But had to give up I tried being lazy But I forgot I tried self-indulgence But I got bored I tried to be extroverted But felt like a fraud I tried to be So many things Then one day I thought I’ll try being me So I gave it a go… Continue reading
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I Tried to be Normal
I tried to be normal I really did I tried to be proper Tried to fit in I gave it a good go I promise, I did Made sure to practice Every night before bed I tried to be normal Though it was hard I watched my every word And was always on guard I… Continue reading
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Rest and Reading
The noise in my head Is finally gone The winter nights Are giving way to the dawn The heat on my back Is beginning to cool And that pain in my chest Is not quite as cruel The fear at my heels Is being left behind And that knot of tension Is starting to subside… Continue reading
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The Wonder of Reading
One of the joys I have had in recovering from depression is to be able to read fiction again To read a book Is to take flight To pass dimensional barriers And leave this world behind It is to cross the multiverse To become a master over time To experience new realities Explore branching timelines… Continue reading
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I Once Was a Reader
I used to be a reader A book devourer That ancient being From which words cower I would consume tomes In one fell swoop During the day or the night Well done or uncooked I was a realm traveller Entering endless domains From fantastical lands To the far reaches of space All that was taken… Continue reading
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Black Bird
Black bird shadowing My every step Its monstrous shadow Stretching out ahead Black bird hovering Above my head at night Building a nest in my skull To rest from its flight I was its subject For far too long Until I looked up And saw something was wrong Its shadow did not match Its skeletal… 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
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Shame, Trauma, Writing -
Robbery
You stole it from me This hobby that I love You took writing from me As if you weren’t punishment enough You took my dream And crushed it in your hand All the worlds I had imagined You brought to a sudden end Characters I had created Nurtured and watched grow You snatched them in… Continue reading
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Winter Days
I feel the ice Congealing around my heart And like frost-bitten toes My emotions drop off The winter days encircle me The coldness seeps in I have forgotten what summer is like The beautiful blooms of spring I shiver on the porch Waiting for these days to be over For this ice palace in my… Continue reading
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Chrysalis
A dawn or a dusk?A chrysalis or a cage?A life reaching its end Or the beginning of a new stage? I must trust in Him Within these dark walls As pain afflicts me From my back, things crawl None can see the changes No, not even me Until the chrysalis cracks And I fly free Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 