Gratitude
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Burn the Bridges
Burn the bridges To your old life Cut the ropes With Hope’s knife The old thoughts That creep like mould That condemn, that judge That love to scold Burn them in a fire In a deep pit in the ground Revel in their destruction As their tortured voices sound Your old ways have been shed Continue reading
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Write a Poem
Write a poem Hide it in your heart Read it to yourself As the skies grow dark Engrave the wretched words Onto a small, smooth stone Put it in your pocket Take it everywhere you go Hide the words away Lock them in a journal Gather up the embers Feed that inner inferno Let the Continue reading
Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Gratitude, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing -
Lava Flow
His Love is a lava flow Making its way towards us Over hills and mountains There’s no obstacle it won’t cross It overwhelms our excuses Our hesitations to come to Him It incinerates the walls of condemnation It burns the barrier of sin Our fear is driven out Constructions of addiction brought down Ancient stores Continue reading
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Understanding Pain
The pain in me is searing I feel it in my chest A blade of pure misery Carved from cruel intent The pain batters my mind Like waves on an isolated rock My brain shuts down It can’t take the shock But these painful hurts Are cries within me I need to listen to them Continue reading
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Rubik’s Cube
Life is a set of problems Constantly being brought to you A kaleidoscope of spinning colours An unsolvable Rubik’s cube A sea of ever-changing variables A puzzle that fights back Getting one colour in place Puts the whole thing out of whack But in God’s hands The spinning colours fall into place Our earthly efforts Continue reading
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Deep Roots
A haiku on scars Life has left its marks But my roots go deeper now Faith blooms in trials Continue reading
Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Gratitude, Haiku, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trust, Writing -
Crucifixion
A short poem on Easter Gushing blood flows down Roman nails leaving harsh scars Price for sin fully paid God and man no longer apart Continue reading
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Christ
A haiku on Easter Silent as a lamb Mocking crowds hurled their insults He had the last word Continue reading
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Sacrifice
A short poem on Easter Guilty cried the crowd Though no charges they could bring The only pure Man Chose to die for our sin Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 