Healing
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Expectations
Heavy burdens On wearied shoulders ExpectationsAre back-breaking boulders They are like anchors Tie us to the shore Stop us exploring Chasing after more The oceans we do not roam In tame waters we are trapped Our ships list and rot The bows creak and then crack A boat should be free Into the sea released… Continue reading
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Pain on Paper
It’s time The moment has come To inflict some pain onto some paper And to get this over and done You’re hiding in there somewhere It is time to come out Time to shine the light on you And to start working this out This pen gives me power Gives me X-ray vision to my… Continue reading
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Old Wounds
Old wounds Left to bleedKept uncovered So they won’t recede We scratch off the scabs Leave them on display We can’t face the healing The long journey of pain Let them be washed And bound up with love Let recovery take place Receive hope from above Continue reading
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Anchor Around My Neck
Anchor around my neck Will you lighten a little? Must you weigh me down? My joy always cripple? Can I get a few minutes To catch my breath? Because the harder I struggle The heavier you get When I try to straighten up You pull me down again You mock my efforts You laugh at… Continue reading
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Hollow Reed
I am the outsider The different one here I am the writer The wordsmith extraordinaire I weave complex patternsIn the recesses of my mind Scribble abstract equations To work out what is going on inside I am a hollow reed That wails as the wind blows I am mourning church bells Echoing with resonant tone… Continue reading
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Hope and Fear 2
What do you do When hope is your greatest fear? When you fear that anticipation Of getting everything you hold dear? What do you do When you fear the light? When you fear the waking dawn Because it always dips out of sight? But once you get over That fear of failure You realise that… 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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Thimble Sized Heart
I feel the rage inside me A rolling fury of seaAn eruption of fierce storms Anger at what could have been There is a seething, contorting mass Residing in my soul A hurricane of epic proportions A viciousness I cannot control All that anger All of that rage Is condensed into a thimble A small,… 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
Dawn & Dusk 