Hope
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Rainbow
You hung Your rainbowOver my fieldsSo my fallow groundWould finally be healed For a rainbow meansBoth light and rainIn sufficient abundanceTo form this display Dark clouds had loiteredOver me for yearsAnd yet the only downpourHad been my tears But now by Your mercyYou’ve helped me to knowThat my honest tears meansNow my crops can grow… Continue reading
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White Shores
White shoresIn the distanceLike flawless pearlsThey endlessly glisten I hear their voicesCalling me inTugging atThe sails within The water surgesAs currents carry meI perch on the white frothOf the waves of the sea Trailing in my wakeBlack clouds fleeAs sunlight piercesThe haze that tormented me Soon I am lyingAmong jewelled sea shellsThe warmth of the… Continue reading
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Dead Dreams
It seems my heart Is actually a graveyard With overgrown grassAnd headstones that are scarred Here I laidMy dreams to restAfter failing for so longTo make any progress I sealed these tombsWith walls of stoneAnd tried to forgetThis tragic mausoleum But when I buriedMy aspirationsThere was no roomFor my pain to fit in So I… Continue reading
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Grey Skies
Once my words Were locked away The sun sunk low And the skies went grey I rotted awayMy passion lost My voice, a stringless harpMy heart, an empty husk In this bleak timeI hid myself away Waiting for wordsTo spring up again And that tide Of beautiful black inkTurned my skies A rosy pink Continue reading
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Whispering Snakes (repost)
Shameful whisperings Encircle like 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 not to speak Or my life they will wreck But… Continue reading
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Golden Day
Once in a while I have a golden day When the dark clouds are shattered By a sudden sun ray When the only weight That rests on my head Is a radiant crown Not that wreath of dread When my weeping heart Makes a different sound As a harmony of serendipity Is suddenly found These… Continue reading
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The Cure (repost)
Writing is the cure To this disease of mine It heals my emotions Brings peace to my mind Life crippled me Writing made me to walk Trauma stole my voice But with writing, I can talk Depression struck me blind Surrounded me with dark Writing gave me new vision Lit my path with its spark… Continue reading
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Chrysalis (repost)
Metamorphosis or mutation?A chrysalis or a cage?A life reaching its end Or the beginning of a new stage? I must trust in Him Within these dark walls As pain afflicts me From my back, things crawl None can see the changes No, not even me Until the chrysalis cracks And I fly free Originally posted… Continue reading
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River of Gold
In a shimmering land Of beauty untold Flows a wonderful river Of endless gold I was told That I must travel Search high and low To encounter this marvel So I crossed Burning sands And passed through Dark and treacherous lands But when I needed That river the most It searched for me So I… Continue reading
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Dark Towers
Dark towers Scourges of the sky My sunset canvas Is scarred and maligned They cut into shreds My days of azure blue Their spiteful spires puncture My birds of truth The horizons of the future Are maimed and obscured And cumulus clouds Are strategically lured Ancient foes erected These structures to intimidate But to fade… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 