Gratitude
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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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Green Shoots
Green shoots So fragile Freedom’s growth So gradual Waves of pain Rush over my soul Tear up the shoots Stir up the soil But the roots will remain They are dug in deep They begin to regrow Inch by inch they creep Pain will come again But they always survive These roots are stubborn They… Continue reading
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The Past’s Claws
The past has claws And an iron-tight grip It is a venus flytrap A bottomless pit I have felt its touch A cold shiver in the night It lurks in my mind Hidden just out of sight It shadows my day A sentient cloud Spawning in the sky Whenever I feel proud It has laid… Continue reading
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The Constancy of Pain
The pain is constant Like a string with no end Suffering is ubiquitous A faithful companion and friend Everyone will let you down Everything must and will change But pain and suffering Yes, they will remain Through summer and winter In rain or shine New tortures and agonies They will always find There’s only one… Continue reading
Anger, Anxiety, Bitterness, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Gratitude, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Writing -
Golden River
A golden river Flowing in my heart Soothes my pain Brings me a new start A dark past Transformed into light A torturous agony lifted Now I am in flight The wounds my enemy brought To bring me misery Are now everlasting reminders Of how he failed to stop me No matter the challenges ahead… Continue reading
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The System
The system we live in Needs you depressed Needs you unsatisfied Sent on an impossible quest It has to make sure That you feel inadequate And make you feel you’re always One step from happiness It does this to sell you A momentary relief Temporarily easing the pain But storing up the grief It has… Continue reading
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Darkened Letters
Darkened letters Shaded by despair Traumatised words The paper, they tear Rivers of pain Flow from my fingertips Ink black tears From my eyes, they drip Swallowed by darkness And a fountain of grief I fell into grace And He gave me His peace Continue reading
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Bleak Landscape
My mind is a bleak landscape Not by design Scattered with corpses Once dreams of mine A famine came one day It never left It dried my rivers Left me for dead Dust storms roam The sunlight, they cloakI am stalked by fear On hopelessness, I choke I laid my bleakness Before the Lord And… Continue reading
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This Precious Moment
There is hope after all I can finally see That to live in the moment Is all that I need No longer should I wallow In the regrets of my past Or pine after a future That, even if attained, wouldn’t last Sandwiched between These two great rocks of time Is a tiny sliver Into… Continue reading
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Whispering Snakes
Shameful whisperings Encircle like hissing snakes Corrode my belief And undermine my faith They sing in my dreams A spiteful tune of woe They slither under my skin They go everywhere I go These snakes bind my hands And wrap around my neck They warn me never to speak Or my life they will wreck… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 