Poetry
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The Morning Mist
A lament Every morningIt descendsNo matter how wellThe previous day ends A haze of confusionA slowing of the mindA misting of the windowThat I have inside To fight itWill drain everything I’ve gotBut to let it sit thereWill make my brain rot And so I must pushTake the mountain pathOnly wearying disciplineWill eventually be enough… Continue reading
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Designed
I am designed by You God Constructed intricately Out of millions of configurations You decided on me But the world tells us we’re worthless Unless we fit its mould Submit to its image of perfection So like sheep, we follow So instead of embracing How we were made We lock our gifts away And they… Continue reading
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The Pyre
A lament I lay my body Onto the pyre I sacrifice myself To the roaring fire Every morning This is the price I pay To keep on the fight To see another day Every day I have to make the choice To lay down my desires To silence their voice I have to feel the… Continue reading
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A Prayer to God
Prayer Bring healing to my heart Peace to my distress I admit my disappointment But choose to trust Your faithfulness Take away my hurt Fill me with hope again Hold me in my brokenness Free me from my shame God I am the One who holds your heart I collect your tears in a bottle… Continue reading
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The Painful Choice
A lament What will I suffer for?For what will I bear this pain?The trauma inside of meBears fruit once again In every interactionIt stirs from its restA splintering knifeIn the centre of my chest If I choose to be realVulnerable and genuineThen for days I will sufferFeel the torture within But if I shield myselfThen… Continue reading
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Heart Cry Haiku
A haiku on worship The cry of my heartThe yearning within my soulHis love, nothing else Continue reading
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Dry Wells
Dry wells In the depths of our souls A deep ache of emptiness A gaping hole We’ve filled them up with dirt And the dryness took hold The stone has begun to crack The walls starting to fold He comes and digs a new well In the desert of my heart Salvation marks a new… Continue reading
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Flow
Steady this hand As it hovers over this paper Guide it O Lord Don’t let it waver May every stroke And every flourish Point towards You And someone nourish As the ink flows From the nib of this pen May Your Spirit flow From me into them Continue reading
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Misunderstood
I feel misunderstood Like no one knows the real me I am locked deep inside And there’s no one looking for the key I don’t function like others My mind is not like theirs People wouldn’t understand my thinking I am not sure they would even care While others have friends In who they can… Continue reading
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Fiery Darts
Accusing darts fired A hailstorm of fiery arrows Piercing my bones Right down to the marrow Are we resisting this onslaught? Or are we standing by passively? Accepting this barrage of guilt Letting it define our identity Wake up! The punishment has already been taken Our guilt has been transferred In our place, He was… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 