Christian Poetry
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The Chalice
Drink from my chalice Temptation whispers Feel its silken texture See how it glistens Come and be a king Dine with the finest metalwork Drink away your sorrows Drink away your inner hurts Gaze on its intricate carvings Be transfixed by its glow Let the sweet smell surround you Let it overwhelm your soul But… Continue reading
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Day & Night
I lived in hope Of a future so bright Now I don’t look beyond This cold, endless night I have experienced loss On a scale I never imagined Had wounds inflicted on my heart So deep, they’re canyons I have no story No tale of hope And yet still my heart Will not let go… Continue reading
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Disappointed
Disappointed in yourself Repulsed by your own flaws You’ve seen your mistakes And the damage that they’ve caused The reality of it is distressing Is hard for you to face What do you do with such a revelation? How do you stand under this weight? But your power is only limited There are some things… Continue reading
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The Past’s Claws
The past has clawsAnd an iron-tight gripIt is a venus flytrapA bottomless pit I have felt its touchA cold shiver in the nightIt lurks in my mindHidden just out of sight It shadows my dayA sentient cloudSpawning in the skyWhenever I feel proud It has laid a claim to my lifeA right to my soulIt has the keys… Continue reading
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Rest and Reading
The noise in my head Is finally gone The winter nights 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 I… Continue reading
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Adversity Is Not The End
Though the fire burns, It will not consume me Though the flood rises, It will not drown me Though the wind howls, It will not stop me Though the lightning flashes, It will not blind me Though the storm rages, It will not engulf me Though the lava encircles, It will not entrap me Though… Continue reading
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Authenticity
A lament We wear the mask Until we forget who we are We take the real us And hide it in a jar We follow their script Until we forget our voice We follow their directions Until they become our choice We play their game so long Jumping through every hoop That we forget it’s… Continue reading
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Ink Blots
A short poem on forgiveness Ink drips in blots Onto the crisp, white pages Our mistakes leave a mark Only Christ can erase it Continue reading
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Realisation
I have only just realised Have only begun to see That no one sees the pain That is buried within me No one can grasp How deeply it pierces Or begin to comprehend How it rips me to pieces My subjective experience Is locked up inside me All of this time I had thought That… Continue reading
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Agony
This is painful This hurts It’s building up within me I am about to burst A bitter taste in the mouth A dark mist over the eyes A searing pain in the chest Endless screaming in my mind I can let it overwhelm me Or I can harness its force Take hold of this black… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 