Rumination
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Fiery Darts
Accusing darts fired A hailstorm of fiery arrows Piercing my bones Right down to the marrow Are we resisting this onslaught? Or are we standing by passively? Accepting this barrage of guilt Letting it define our identity Wake up! The punishment has already been taken Our guilt has been transferred In our place, He was Continue reading
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The Broken Record
A lament You carry the broken record Everywhere that you go You despise every vocal You despise every note You hide it behind your back As you joke about your day It’s when you head up to your room That you let the record play A screeching sound begins Piercing your soul like a knife Continue reading
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Overthinking
There is a voice in my head That sounds like my own Undermining my beliefs Like water eroding stone It casts doubt On everything that I think It brews a cup of uncertainty Which it forces me to drink It had me turning in circles With contradicting instructions Flooded my mind with theories So I Continue reading
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Dark Circle
Dark circle In my brain Drags me beneath The waves again Thoughts revolving I can’t make them stop Jagged voices rising Mine is on the top A black halo Placed on my head Gyrating patterns encrypted With the words that they said Despair’s cylinder Drips black ink As slowly into Its circumference I sink Dark Continue reading
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Rivers of Thoughts
My thoughts were a river Streaming around and above me A torrent of tension Between who I am and who I want to be I waded in Embraced their depths Tried to contain their power Holding my arms outstretched But the surge only swelled Sweeping me off my feet I was dragged to the depths Continue reading
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Spinning
Thoughts revolving In my head I am dizzy from their spin Darkness swirling Creates a whirlpool That tries to sucks me in Bitter remarks Beat me down Break my self-esteem Constant critiques And overthinking Create an awful din I pause I stop And lift my head up See the world That spins around me And Continue reading
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Rumination
A haiku on depression Darkened gyroscope Twisted remarks swarm like crows A kind word will help Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Haiku, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Rumination, Trauma, Writing
Dawn & Dusk 