Gratitude
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Music and Light
I see it on the horizon A rising dawn I hear it on the winds Whisperings of a new song It is music to my ears Laughter in my lungs Joy in my heartSweetness on my tongue When you have endured The darkest of nights Then you appreciate The slightest hint of sunlight The opening Continue reading
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I See Galaxies
Do you know what it is like To see for the first time? Do you know what it is like To be brought back to life? To feel the breeze And smell the scents To feel hope rising From the darkest of depths I was locked in a dark place Starved of all that was Continue reading
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New Sight
I was locked in a cage In chains so tight Now my eyes have been opened I see beyond this night I see bright stars in the heavens Far greater than my darkest fears I see vast oceans of water That dwarf my litany of tears I feel the roar of a hurricane Driving my Continue reading
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Rest and Reading
The noise in my head Is finally gone The winter nights Are 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 Continue reading
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The Wonder of Reading
One of the joys I have had in recovering from depression is to be able to read fiction again To read a book Is to take flight To pass dimensional barriers And leave this world behind It is to cross the multiverse To become a master over time To experience new realities Explore branching timelines Continue reading
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Dark Rose
I saw a flower yesterday Hidden among the ash A dark rose Peeking through the burnt grass It was frail But it was there all the same Coming forth Despite the lack of rain I decided to sit with it And watch it grow Ignore the devastation That had laid waste to my hopes The Continue reading
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Mosaic
You weaved my dark notes Into your symphony You took my misshapen works And somehow found symmetry You incorporated my falls Into Your dance You took my defeated posture Made it the opening stance You restyled my ageing architecture From archaic to classic You took my broken pieces And made a mosaic Continue reading
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Giving It Up
I will lay it all down My future and my past Lay down my selfish desires And to You, hold fast I can’t change my past I must face this truth And I cannot know the future I must give them both to You I must lay down All worry and shame Choose to receive Continue reading
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Natural Rhythms
The breath in our lungs Every inhale Every exhale A rhythm of mercy The beating of our hearts Every pulsation Every relaxation The cadence of grace The words from our lips Every expression Every articulation Our chance to give thanks Continue reading
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Lighthouse
You shone Your light Into my dark world Pierced the night of my sorrows With the power of Your Word Your truth illuminates The shadows melt away My path is lit up Like beacons on a runway You led me back To the path of Your calling Had mercy on me When my life was Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 