Poetry
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Pain
I feel an emptiness Lying deep inside My soul has been ripped out By the brutality of the fight Feelings have had to be cast aside So I can stay afloat My perspective narrowed So on the pain, I don’t choke I have had no time To acknowledge my scars No time to process The Continue reading
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Bitter Gall
You make me drink the bitter gall It’s poison to my soul You drain life of its goodness Bury me in a deep hole You show me only sadness When there is joy to be found You rain down torrents of misery Weigh me down to the ground But your filter’s faulty It shows me Continue reading
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Frustration
A lament So many fears Of things I can’t control How can I fight A monster I do not know? I don’t know its weaknesses Where I can strike I am caught out by its tactics That overwhelm my mind I want to live a life Chasing after my dreams I fear being trapped in Continue reading
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Cruel Words
Dark whisperings Incessant chanting Echo in my head My thoughts supplanting They chop down The tree of my esteem And smear mud all over The paintings of my inner dreams The words repeat Until they make me sing Their wretched tune Like church bells ring They’ve built their case Convinced me they were true Said Continue reading
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Trust
A haiku on trust Let go of all else The pleasures that come with pain Trust in Him alone Continue reading
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Disappointment
Black pills gleaming Time for the daily dose Thrashing in the water Its vapours form thick smoke I know its taste Its bitter afterburn The spasms in the stomach As it begins to churn Two steps forward Three steps back I know the rhythm And pattern of this dance Time has conditioned me Steeled me Continue reading
Anger, Anxiety, Bitterness, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Writing -
Pain and Suffering
Pain and suffering Are all I know The rhythmic beatings Of its constant blows I don’t mind it anymore It’s just a part of life It keeps me focussed On the things that are right It tried to break me To crack my soul But it only allowed my Saviour To come in and make Continue reading
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Facing Disappointment
A crushing darkness All around A bone-chilling silence That smothers all sound This is what life is like After so many rounds of despair The sharpest of agonies Is that of a soul rent bare It darkens your mind Darkens your very soul It sucks the joy out of everything Erodes your drive towards your Continue reading
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Dark Colours
I prepare the paint Venom blacks and brooding greys There will be no light colours On my palette today I will whip up a tempest With this tortured paintbrush Create a whirlpool of misery Into which I am sucked To the howling nights I will yield my soul Let that dark fury Be expressed in Continue reading
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Deep Roots
A haiku on scars Life has left its marks But my roots go deeper now Faith blooms in trials Continue reading
Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Gratitude, Haiku, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trust, Writing
Dawn & Dusk 