Redemption
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Torch of Hope
My darkened heart Rocked by violent storms The water seeps in And so do the worms The once bright furnace Now stark and empty But one breath from God Is more than plenty It reignites the fire At the centre of my heart Dries up the moisture With a single blast When my pen strikes Continue reading
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Reaching Out
I reach out In the crowd, concealed To touch the hem of His garment So that I can be healed I have held on To so many things Tried to keep control Tried to hide what was within It is when I let go And reach for Him That my mud-stained hands Are cleansed from Continue reading
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The Wooden Cup
Drink from my cup The Saviour gently urges It is simple, carved from wood But at a great price, was purchased I put no adornment on it No embellishments to allure I give you my word It holds what you’re looking for Feel the wood’s graining It is rough to the touch But it tells Continue reading
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Disappointed
Disappointed in yourself Repulsed by your own flaws You’ve seen your mistakes And the damage that they’ve caused The reality of it is distressing Is hard for you to face What do you do with such a revelation? How do you stand under this weight? But your power is only limited There are some things Continue reading
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The Past’s Claws
The past has clawsAnd an iron-tight gripIt is a venus flytrapA bottomless pit I have felt its touchA cold shiver in the nightIt lurks in my mindHidden just out of sight It shadows my dayA sentient cloudSpawning in the skyWhenever I feel proud It has laid a claim to my lifeA right to my soulIt has the keys Continue reading
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Rest and Reading
The noise in my head Is finally gone The winter nights Giving way to the dawn The heat on my back Is beginning to cool And that pain in my chest Is not quite as cruel The fear at my heels Is being left behind And that knot of tension Is starting to subside I Continue reading
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Ink Blots
A short poem on forgiveness Ink drips in blots Onto the crisp, white pages Our mistakes leave a mark Only Christ can erase it Continue reading
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Realisation
I have only just realised Have only begun to see That no one sees the pain That is buried within me No one can grasp How deeply it pierces Or begin to comprehend How it rips me to pieces My subjective experience Is locked up inside me All of this time I had thought That Continue reading
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Agony
This is painful This hurts It’s building up within me I am about to burst A bitter taste in the mouth A dark mist over the eyes A searing pain in the chest Endless screaming in my mind I can let it overwhelm me Or I can harness its force Take hold of this black Continue reading
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The Surging Sea
I am a raging storm A surging sea A violent squall A fury unleashed I have been tied down In the darkest depths In the cold, murky waters For centuries, I have slept Sorrow was my chains Depression, my underwater guard Anxiety crawled all over me Inflicting me with scars But now I rise Soaring Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 