Gratitude
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Radiant Light
A radiant light Piercing the dark A fragrant wind Drifting in from afar A well in the heart Erupting with strength An inner treasure chest Overflowing with wealth A roaring fire Defying the winterly winds A chain-shattering song That a small bird sings This is what The love of family means This is the comfort Continue reading
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Inner Fire
Burn in my heart Pain of old Simmering shame In the pit of my soul A weight heavily borne It crushes my chest Sewn to my skin Lest I forget I know my flaws I see them every day These are not simply things That can be just wished away But in my mistakes He Continue reading
Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Gratitude, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing -
Starlight
I once was blind But now I see Was locked up in sorrow But now am free Was weighed down By heavy weights Was beaten and bruised By the fists of shame I lived in a small corner In the back of my mind The walls pressing in Moving in from every side I just Continue reading
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Vows
The vows are read out One by one We commit ourselves to our Saviour And He commits to us But we lose our way Go down wrong paths Break every single vow Leaving wounds in His heart We chase after love Offered without commitment But they choose to damage us To treat us like equipment Continue reading
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Self Condemnation
Self-condemnation Self-lashing Internal cruelness Relentless bashing We spew harsh words In hope they lead to change But the agony of self-blame Leads us to fall again We have been taught That only fear or guilt can motivate And yet the reality is They can’t free, only incarcerate We do just enough To ease the burden Continue reading
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Dark Writing
I wish I could write poems That were flowery and soft That were elegant and graceful That didn’t have such a cost Imagine if I could write poems That would dance to a nice tune That would twirl in colourful dresses That into roses, would bloom But my poems are harsh Twang like poorly tuned Continue reading
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Cruelty
That was cruel An unprompted attack A savage assault That left me cracked A shard of pain Pierced into my side A terrible black mist That left me blind No memory or thought Was the trigger for this There is no logical reason For the appearance of this abyss Just the cruelty Of this twisted Continue reading
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Hidden Trauma
There is blackness in my heart It rests in peaceful sleep It is borne from my trauma Raised by bitterness and grief Mostly it lies there Hidden, out of sight But when certain pressure points are pressed The blackness starts to arise It is triggered by certain memories Or by words spoken out of turn Continue reading
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The Puppet
The strings are pulled delicately The puppet twirling into a dance Its flailing limbs, powerless to resist Its taunting captor’s commands But my God You saw my humiliation The entangled lies in my mind You cut me free from what trapped me And healed the hurt that was inside You strengthened my weak arms And Continue reading
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Dark Place
That was a dark place I suddenly realise My mind was numbed out And my eyes were blind It’s like waking from a nightmare That has been going on for years Realising it is not raining That the streaming waters are your tears It’s like looking at a mirror At a different version of you Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 