Emotions
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The Tap
Open the tap Let the words flow out Wash away your dark feelings Let the stale waters spout Release the pent-up frustration Let that fall by the wayside Then collect the pure water that follows Let that be your guide Words that will build up your reader Inspire those who’ve stopped There are so many… Continue reading
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Shocked By Pain
It has finally hit me The scale of what I’ve faced The seriousness of the challenge The scars that cannot be erased I had numbed it out In the day-to-day battle to survive I had buried that truth In a dark place inside But it now washes over me Like a towering ocean wave I… Continue reading
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Morning Dread
A lament This sucks There’s no other way to put it My head is pounding I am stuck in a cesspit Energy drained Like water from a sink A weight on my mind So I can barely think A day stretches before me It seems so long I can’t quite understand How the night is… Continue reading
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Shame
A haiku on shame A decaying cloak Maligns and grinds my shoulders Yet it is not mine Continue reading
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Rich Fruit
Ideas grow within me Swell like rich fruit Writing is the squeezing That turns them into juice Succulent sentences Luscious lines Spill out onto the paper One at a time The resulting cocktail Refreshes my soul Purges the bitterness From the pain of my toil The words nourish me Remind me of the truth Feeding… Continue reading
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Cost of Recovery
I resent it This brutal climb The pain I feel Each time I rise I know it’s worthwhile That freedom is at the top But does the climb to get there Have to cost so much? It burns my insides Makes me retch in pain But I do not want to live with The pain… Continue reading
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Abyss
It’s so painful To be like this To have fallen from the skies To be in this abyss To not have the words To say how you feel To experience so much But be unable to reveal In this brief moment When I put pen to paper I can show a fragment Just a small… Continue reading
Anger, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing -
Sunken Pits
Sunken pits in a wasteland Designed to trap and maim Mists of fog hang like veils Waiting for your soul to claim You climb out of one pit But fall into another You are trapped in this cycle Each time, it’s harder to recover For in every pit you fall Comes the agonising decision To… Continue reading
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Perfectionism 2
A faint whisper Into my ear An unsettling feeling A shiver of fear You always tell me That disaster is on its way That I have to do more To keep the destruction at bay You are an immortal phantom Chasing me down dark alleyways You chant constant threats I always feel your blade My… Continue reading
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More Than Words
A pen for the hand A story to tell A bucket cast Into an emotions well A blade for the handle For the truth to fight To fend off the whispers Encircling me in the night A portal for the mind My problems to transcend To change my perspective To know that they will end A… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 