Poetry
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Let It Out
Let it out All the pain inside Stop suppressing There’s no need to hide Out in the open It can be understood You can gain perspective See what you should And finally you can feel A sense of inner peace Can begin to heal Have a sense of release That pain that tortured you For Continue reading
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Brokenness
Broken shards in hand Cold tears run down sharp edges All of us have scars Cracks in our inner treasures We hide them in a cupboard Wish they would go away God comes in His mercy And makes a beautiful mosaic Continue reading
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Write a Poem
Write a poem Hide it in your heart Read it to yourself As the skies grow dark Engrave the wretched words Onto a small, smooth stone Put it in your pocket Take it everywhere you go Hide the words away Lock them in a journal Gather up the embers Feed that inner inferno Let the Continue reading
Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Gratitude, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing -
Lava Flow
His Love is a lava flow Making its way towards us Over hills and mountains There’s no obstacle it won’t cross It overwhelms our excuses Our hesitations to come to Him It incinerates the walls of condemnation It burns the barrier of sin Our fear is driven out Constructions of addiction brought down Ancient stores Continue reading
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Graveyard
Must there always be pain In the centre of my heart? The more I dig up The more I realise it’s just the start A black hole in my soul It seems to be stretching A ripped canvas inside Torn by tortured sketching It seems my heart Is actually a graveyard Buried dreams, traumas, emotions Continue reading
Anger, Bitterness, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing -
The Past
A lament I fear the slippery slope I fear the gradual slide I fear gravity’s grip I fear what is behind Is my past attached to me? Are the chains still there? Can I escape its clutches Or more fruit will it bear? I yearn for a future Where I am free No longer looking Continue reading
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Burning Coals
Anger in my hands Burning coals to which I hold Will I free myself from pain? Will I choose to let it go? For it is in forgiveness That I release my soul The heavy burden is relinquished And I escape the dark hole As the burned skin on my hands Slowly becomes whole It Continue reading
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Understanding Pain
The pain in me is searing I feel it in my chest A blade of pure misery Carved from cruel intent The pain batters my mind Like waves on an isolated rock My brain shuts down It can’t take the shock But these painful hurts Are cries within me I need to listen to them Continue reading
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Rubik’s Cube
Life is a set of problems Constantly being brought to you A kaleidoscope of spinning colours An unsolvable Rubik’s cube A sea of ever-changing variables A puzzle that fights back Getting one colour in place Puts the whole thing out of whack But in God’s hands The spinning colours fall into place Our earthly efforts Continue reading
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Revived Dreams
Dreams die in Fear’s grip Like moulting birds in cages But there’s no dream God can’t bring to life But we do have to be courageous Fear melts in Boldness’ advance But remember it happens in stages Fear tries to have the last word But Bravery adds in new pages Continue reading
Anxiety, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Writing
Dawn & Dusk 