Redemption
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Darkened Letters
Darkened letters Shaded by despair Traumatised words The paper, they tear Rivers of pain Flow from my fingertips Ink black tears From my eyes, they drip Swallowed by darkness And a fountain of grief I fell into grace And He gave me His peace Continue reading
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Yellowing Grass
Yellowing grass Wilting trees Dried up lakes Dying seeds Wingless birds Haunted cries Motherless eggs Left to die Scorched ground Burnt dreams Ancient scars Still they bleed A dying wasteland Inside my heart The perfect place for Him To begin His new start Continue reading
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Thimble Sized Heart
I feel the rage inside me A rolling fury of seaAn eruption of fierce storms Anger at what could have been There is a seething, contorting mass Residing in my soul A hurricane of epic proportions A viciousness I cannot control All that anger All of that rage Is condensed into a thimble A small,… Continue reading
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Bleak Landscape
My mind is a bleak landscape Not by design Scattered with corpses Once dreams of mine A famine came one day It never left It dried my rivers Left me for dead Dust storms roam The sunlight, they cloakI am stalked by fear On hopelessness, I choke I laid my bleakness Before the Lord And… Continue reading
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Regret & Hope
Regret is a deep pain A dull, constant acheThrobbing in my chest Like my heart’s about to break But deeper still Swells a new sound A fervent beating Hope rising from the ground A new door is opened As you let go of the past New opportunities arise Ones that will last Don’t get stuck… Continue reading
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Whispering Snakes
Shameful whisperings Encircle like hissing snakes Corrode my belief And undermine my faith They sing in my dreams A spiteful tune of woe They slither under my skin They go everywhere I go These snakes bind my hands And wrap around my neck They warn me never to speak Or my life they will wreck… Continue reading
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I See Galaxies
Do you know what it is like To see for the first time? Do you know what it is like To be brought back to life? To feel the breeze And smell the scents?To feel hope rising From the darkest of depths? I was locked in a dark place Starved of all that was good… Continue reading
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Cracked Wood
Splintered wood Cracks spreading Like thin, spidery fingers Forming a grisly webbing A shuddering collapse Legs buckle and break The table crumples Surely all will forsake A wooden table Broken by pain Rebuilt by His Hands Fit for purpose again Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 