Emotions
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What I Feel
For me, poetry shows a snapshot of what I feel in the moment. I am learning not to bind myself to them or define myself by them. I am learning that the true value is in digging behind the thoughts, unveiling the assumptions, hunting for the truth and plotting a way forward. On these pagesThings Continue reading
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The Painful Choice
This poem talks of one of the challenges I have faced in recovering from depression. I am learning that we have to open up to safe people to heal. And though healing hurts, staying wounded hurts even more A lament What will I suffer for? For what will I bear this pain? The trauma inside Continue reading
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Secrets
They bury themselves Like toxic abscesses Out of sight Hidden in deep recesses We don’t realise That in darkness they grow Set down foundations Build an iron throne We try to forget Pretend they do not exist But when squeezed by pressure The pus escapes with a hiss The festering infection drains us Weakens our Continue reading
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Cracked
Let God in when your heart breaks. Trust Him with your inner pain Ice cold blade In the centre of my heart A savage stabbing Ripping me apart A stagnant inner mass Has been congealing inside Poisoning my soul Causing me to die His tender love can finally Enter my cracked heart Sealing the ragged Continue reading
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Haiku on Depression
Clings like a limpet Oozing black slime down my face One day it will end Continue reading
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Feeling Low Haiku
A lament It hurts so bad now I thought I had felt it all There is always more Continue reading
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Fed Up
I have learned during my recovery from depression that it is a journey of learning – learning how to manage emotions, deal with past traumas and about yourself. I have had to learn to move forward with a flexible approach. This poem details my frustration after trying to take a rigid approach and my journey Continue reading
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The Invitation
I have done what I can Within the limits of my humanity I have kept on learning Kept striving to be free Now in this pit Of utter despair Please come down And meet me here It’s not about tomorrow Or when all things are put right It’s about this precious momentWhen I invite You Continue reading
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Mistakes
A short poem on regret Bitter taste Burns Leaves a mark On the skin A chance to learn Continue reading
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Cavernous Hole
Cavernous hole Where a heart once was The chest gapes open Showing all its flaws Life wrenched the heart loose And bitterness embalmed it Put the heart in a chest And buried it in that pit The heart must return For him to live again But for him to reach it He must dig through Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 