Redemption
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The Search
Bruised heart Always burns Bitter wounds Still never learn Empty tables Where friends once sat Dark clouds My emotions entrapped Reaching hands Grasp thin air Paper and pen My mind becomes clear I searched for answers For freedom, for friends It was in quiet reflection That I found peace in the end Continue reading
Anger, Anxiety, Bitterness, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Writing -
Mind Forge
Bring me to the mind forge That deep place within me Where emotions are metals And writing the smithy I enter the mind forge My emotions a metallic mix The impurities are removed The inconsistencies are fixed This page is my mind forge Where emotions are melded Where they are forged in unbreakable iron And… Continue reading
Anxiety, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Writing -
Restoration
A haiku on hope A blackened vision Devoid of hope and empty Life can come from ash Continue reading
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The Fight for Faith
I know what this is about The truth has been revealed to me There is a battle going on A desperate fight for victory There is a siege on my faith An assault on my belief An attack led by bitterness Disappointment and grief Hell’s gates are open All they want is one thing That… Continue reading
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Transformation
A haiku on hope Metamorphosis The old you has died with Christ Break out the cocoon Continue reading
Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Haiku, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trust, Writing -
Spitting Cobra
Spitting cobra Venom in my eye Erodes my facial structure Exposing my insides My scars are within Where no one can see It’s when I come to these pages That I begin to bleed My words are weighed down with meaning Burdened with grief They carry far too much sorrow For me to even speak… Continue reading
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Deep Rivers
Deep rivers Unsearched depths Buried grief Tears unwept Rise to the surface Bubbling pain Erupt like fountains Misery lived again A tsunami approaches Coming for my heart I brace myself To be blown apart But as the waves hit Instead, I find My roots are strengthened My spirit refined Pain is not the end No,… Continue reading
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Cracked Heart
Ice cold blade In the centre of my heart A savage stabbing Ripping me apart Out spills pain Thick and black Hissing like snakes As it oozes out of the cracks That stagnant inner mass Has been congealing inside Poisoning my soul Causing me to die The whites of my eyes turn black My skin… Continue reading
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Misery’s Pit
Depression bids me to wallow With it in misery’s pit It reminds me of my agonies That almost made me quit It arranges my sorrow into a song Its melody pierces my heart It weeps tears over my wounds It almost seems genuinely hurt But as I sit in misery’s pit I see life passing… Continue reading
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Words
They come to me In the middle of the night Whisper things to me Urge me to write When I sit with a pen And a blank piece of paper They emerge from my skin And down my arm, they slither They teach me things That I didn’t know about myself Show me where to… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 