Christ
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Passenger
I have been a passenger In my own mind Feeling my way to freedom As if I were blind My mind was too clouded To get any perspective Concentration eluded me I couldn’t be reflective I had to operate on instinct Trust what He put in me Focus on taking one more step And hope Continue reading
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Hacker
Depression is a hacker Cracking into my brain Wiring in hopelessness Inserting it into my blockchain It blinds my eyes To any chink of hope And deletes any data That might help me cope It floods my system With pulses of dark emotions Drowning out any thought That might offer a solution It weaves a Continue reading
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A Golden Day
A golden day In a sea of black When the light seeps out Through a little crack A day when I feel like I am floating on clouds And those stormy rain ones Are nowhere to be found When the only weight on my head Is that of a crown And my weeping heart For Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Gratitude, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Trust, Writing -
Wounded Soul
I have a wounded soul A vulnerable place within Where my emotions are exposed Where pain has torn my skin Spiteful words Strike so much deeper Infestations of shame enter A torrent of evil creatures My rational mind Can bat the words away But my emotions scream No matter what I say It was then Continue reading
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It All Feels The Same
Pain if you lose Pain if you win Pain when you do right Pain when you sin Pain when you fall Pain when you rise Pain during the day Pain during the night Pain when you progress Pain when you recede Pain when you despair Pain when you dream Pain if you give up Pain Continue reading
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Why Me?
Why me? Why now? Why so long? Do I lack power? Do I lack resilience? Do I need to be tougher? Why is it me That always has to suffer? Why these dark feelings Around every corner? Why has life conspired To make each day harder? Why these dark days? Why does the sun hide? Continue reading
Anger, Bitterness, Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Trust, Writing -
Anxiety’s Equations
Anxiety is like a Flustered mathematician A self-appointed professor Who can’t do simple addition He spends his days Scribbling complex equations But he still has yet to master The basics of calculation He stares in panic At his cluttered chalkboard He is bewildered by his own working But of one thing he is sure The Continue reading
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Frail
A lament I feel so frailLike an ancient vaseA thin sheet of iceA cracking piece of glass A tiny bit of pressurePlaced in the wrong placeAnd my mind caves inAnd the day goes to waste When I stand up for othersSacrifice myselfStrength comes from nowhereSuddenly I can help But when it is timeFor me to Continue reading
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Why Must I Suffer?
Why must I suffer? Why must I hurt? Why must my mood Be dragged through the dirt? Why this intense pain In the depths of my soul? And why can’t I close This gaping, cavernous hole? What must I do For things to be made right? I have faced my trauma And put up a Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Trust, Writing -
Above the Waters
My head is pounding Weighed down by discouragement I feel like I am drowning Being swept away by a current I hear the laughs From my many enemies But I laugh at their naivety To think that they can stop me For every blow they deliver Just makes me stronger The dark clouds they swarm Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 