Poetry
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Don’t Pity Me
A lament I don’t need your pity Your kind, empty words My pain is rotting meat Your words, tasteless herbs Don’t deflect, don’t divert The blood-stained flows of my heart If it is too much for you to bear Please don’t bother to ask I don’t want people To feel sorry for me To gawp… Continue reading
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Cracked Pots
Shattered pieces Shards of clay The once-smooth texture Now riddled with dismay Damaged goods We label ourselves And slide our way To the back of the shelves He searches in the shadows For those who hide Those with shattered confidence To bring them new life Cracks of shame Filled with the clay of grace Old… Continue reading
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Joy of Worship
A haiku on worship Heartache stripped away Pouring out passion and praise Our God meets with us Continue reading
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The Freedom of Writing
The crispness of white paper Under the scratch of my black pen The freshness of the paper As I lean closer in The words roll onto the page Like a storm rolling in from the sea Who knows its path or its direction? Who knows where it will take me? No restraints, no inhibitions Just… Continue reading
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Too Late
A lament Don’t tell me now That you’ve always appreciated me Don’t tell me now Of the things you like about me Now that I am no longer Hiding my pain Don’t belittle me With these kind refrains You mean you liked me But never said While I had all these voices Insulting me in… Continue reading
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Grateful
Every inhale Every exhale The breath in our lungs Every pulsation Every relaxation The flow of blood in our veins Every articulation Every comprehension The connection between us Every sun rise Every night sky The chance to treasure it all Continue reading
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Gideon
Arise warrior of God Hide no more Though now your enemies rule over you You will triumph in this war Get out of the cistern Thresh the wheat no more This was just training I have chosen you for a higher call I have called you to separate Not the grain from the straw But… Continue reading
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Hope
A searing pain Off the charts Cripples my soul Shatters my heart It summons a tempest Whispering winds like a ghost The dusk sky deepensStained by my dark groans A singular word Written on paper Breaks the stronghold Changes the weather In the battering storms It helps me cope Brings light into darkness The word… Continue reading
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Dry Bones
Dry bones Worn down by life Purpose stripped away By the cruellest of knives Ice forming As the cold winds blow Creaking and cracking As its stronghold grows Breath of God Eternal flame Ignites my passion Severs glacial chains It sets deep in my bones As smouldering embers Determination builds Brooding in my every fibre… Continue reading
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Vulnerability
A haiku on rejection A lament Painful emotionsThey said that I should share them Then say it’s too much Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 