Fear
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Castles of Dark
I have fought fearsome foes In abandoned castles of dark I have heard misery’s whispers In the centre of my heart I have crossed bleak landscapes Where my blood turned ice-cold I have felt Sorrow’s blade Burrow deep into my soul I learned to tolerate the cold How to see in the dark I learned… 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
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, Forgiveness, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing -
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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The Black Bird 2
I am angry I am hurt I lived my life Haunted by a black bird A dark shadow Over my shoulder Its screeching cries Making me shiver It stood at my bedpost During the night Built a nest in my skull To rest from its flight It chased me around In fear for so long… Continue reading
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The Black Bird
A lament Knife edged talons Black as night And wings, such wings They blot out the light It descends With a terrible cry A bloodcurdling scream That twists the insides A clawed dark cloud Imbued with fears My eyes darken With blood-red tears Each wing’s beat A vicious hurricane As it drags its victim Back… Continue reading
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False Dawns
Have you ever had that feeling That horrible sensation? That sense of dread When things seem to be changing? When you take a step forward And the ground doesn’t collapse? When you step out of the cage And don’t get caught in a trap? When you begin to realise That all you ever wanted Is… Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing -
Cut Adrift
I am adrift on a raft Lost at sea Cast away on an island With no one but me I am in a glass box But the glass is blurred I have given up screaming For I cannot be heard Trapped in a prison Within my own mind My senses stripped away I am deaf,… Continue reading
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Rivers of Thoughts
My thoughts were a river Streaming around and above me A torrent of tension Between who I am and who I want to be I waded in Embraced their depths Tried to contain their power Holding my arms outstretched But the surge only swelled Sweeping me off my feet I was dragged to the depths… Continue reading
Anxiety, Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Rumination, Trauma, Writing -
I Have Suffered
I have suffered I have hurt Been tortured unfairly By shame, been burnt I have been shrouded By the darkness of depression Have felt the ice-cold winds Of loneliness and isolation I have heard the whisperings Felt the spider legs creep Of fear and anxiety On my back, just out of reach I know what… Continue reading
Anxiety, Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing
Dawn & Dusk 