Pain
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Cavernous Hole
Cavernous hole Where a heart once was The chest gapes open Showing all its flaws Life wrenched the heart loose And bitterness embalmed it Put the heart in a chest And buried it in that pit The heart must return For him to live again But for him to reach it He must dig through… Continue reading
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Heart Well
In my heart I have a deep well of emotions A plunging chasm Connecting to an underground ocean Storms boil up In these fearsome waters Surging currents Erupt onto the surface I feel this beating Crashing against the walls of my heart Rattling my ribcage Every morning, it starts All I can do Is winch… Continue reading
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Blackened Stone
A blackened stone In the palm of my hand Once it was white Once it was grand Once it shone bright Like a star in the night sky A precious pearl The apple of God’s eye Then I ruined it Scarred its perfection Now every time I see it I feel so wretched The black… Continue reading
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Rebuild Haiku
Shaken to the core Our foundations crumbling to dust Words of hope rebuild Continue reading
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Dread
I am lifting a mountain Holding back the tide My back pressed against the door From a killer trying to take my life I am holding off his blade Inches from my heart On the brink of a waterfall With my ship breaking apart I see beneath the ground I stand To a bottomless pit… Continue reading
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Lighthouse
You shone Your light Into my dark world Pierced the night of my sorrows With the power of Your Word Your truth illuminates The shadows melt away My path is lit up Like beacons on a runway You led me back To the path of Your calling Had mercy on me When my life was… Continue reading
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Thorns in Skin Haiku
A lament Thorns under the skin The wounds that cut the deepest Careless words from friends Continue reading
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Lamenting
When I write poetry, my desire is to find that small bit of hope in the darkness. On some days, for whatever reason, I can’t find that light. This poem reminds me that sorrow is not to be feared. We can’t lament forever but some days we need to accept the state we are in… Continue reading
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Apocalypse
I have seen the apocalypse I have seen the end I have seen the disaster That is just around the bend I saw my dreams Slowly shrivel away My blooming flowers of thought Succumbing to the decay I marked the loss A gravestone in my heart Attended the funerals Joined the casket march But in… Continue reading
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Division
This world is so brokenIts cracks run deepThere are great fault linesRunning through every country Bring your healing LordOvercome these dividesUnify us as oneMake us into one tribe When every race and every creedCan sing as oneOnly then will we reflect You, LordOnly then will we reflect love Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 