Poetry
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Inner Storm Haiku
A haiku on anxiety Inner storm of fearCrackling lightning and thunderBut I am stronger Continue reading
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Inner Storm
Inner storm Hidden anxiety Constant torturer My sworn enemy I have felt your winds Batter my heart Stirring from slumber As soon as it gets dark I hate that feeling Of loss of control As the dark clouds gather And begin to swirl But when I sit still And let you do your worst It’s… Continue reading
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The Storm Inside
A storm swirls Engulfing all I see But a fiercer storm Awakes within me It accelerates far quicker Than the one outside Driven by anxiety At what is before my eyes Fear begins to build Lets rip with roaring thunder Panic flashes in me Lightning bolts of wonder My worries like a whisk Kept my… Continue reading
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Thirst
Quench me But may I always thirst for more Increase my capacity But also my desire for You, Lord Let my heart be an ocean That forever breaks its borders Let my joy be a river That forever flows over When the well within me Becomes a cesspit of despair And the clouds of hope… Continue reading
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I Burned and I Bled
I burned and I bled Was dipped in boiling water Imprisoned in damp cells My feet placed in mortar I felt the stark isolation Of a darkness ever-deepening I felt the force of water Of a tide never retreating I sang songs of woe To empty skies at night Scrawled words of agony In a… Continue reading
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Broken Shoulders
A lament I have held the worldOn my broken shouldersAllowed my body to be usedAs a shield for others I pushed my wounded soul onWhen I wanted to give upKept up the standardsMade sure I did enough I cried out for helpShowed my sorrow to others Tried to show the tortureThat for so long, I… Continue reading
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Frustrations
It’s not all my fault It cannot be No one has put as much effort Into this as me I have opened up My most vulnerable spaces All I have had in return Are cold, empty faces They throw generic solutions At my complex problems Ignored my years of trauma For a simple maths sum… Continue reading
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Reluctant Poet
I never wanted this To be a poet To write my darkest emotions So others could know it I would have liked to have been Just like everyone else But it had to be me That went through this hell For my mind to crumple As waves of emotions batter it For my train of… Continue reading
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Truths
You are free Untangle yourself from lies Know your true worth From the ashes rise Comfort in your pain Strength when you are weary Christ is in You Overcome in His victory The ultimate sacrifice given Our enemy defeated Our battle already won In heavenly places, we are seated Continue reading
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Dark Room
A lament Waking upIn a dark roomAll aloneI must assume Don’t rememberHow I got hereCan’t see anythingBut my own fear The room is vastI have spent years searching itIt is filled with sharp objectsWhich cause me to trip The room’s not squareIt’s an irregular shapeAnd I’ve only just realisedThat it can change It’s fighting meI… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 