Trauma
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Wounded Soul
I have a wounded soul A vulnerable place within Where my emotions are exposed Where pain has torn my skin Spiteful words Strike so much deeper Infestations of shame enter A torrent of evil creatures My rational mind Can bat the words away But my emotions scream No matter what I say It was then… Continue reading
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It All Feels The Same
Pain if you lose Pain if you win Pain when you do right Pain when you sin Pain when you fall Pain when you rise Pain during the day Pain during the night Pain when you progress Pain when you recede Pain when you despair Pain when you dream Pain if you give up Pain… Continue reading
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Why Me?
Why me? Why now? Why so long? Do I lack power? Do I lack resilience? Do I need to be tougher? Why is it me That always has to suffer? Why these dark feelings Around every corner? Why has life conspired To make each day harder? Why these dark days? Why does the sun hide?… Continue reading
Anger, Bitterness, Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Trust, Writing -
Frail
A lament I feel so frailLike an ancient vaseA thin sheet of iceA cracking piece of glass A tiny bit of pressurePlaced in the wrong placeAnd my mind caves inAnd the day goes to waste When I stand up for othersSacrifice myselfStrength comes from nowhereSuddenly I can help But when it is timeFor me to… Continue reading
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Why Must I Suffer?
Why must I suffer? Why must I hurt? Why must my mood Be dragged through the dirt? Why this intense pain In the depths of my soul? And why can’t I close This gaping, cavernous hole? What must I do For things to be made right? I have faced my trauma And put up a… Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Trust, Writing -
Above the Waters
My head is pounding Weighed down by discouragement I feel like I am drowning Being swept away by a current I hear the laughs From my many enemies But I laugh at their naivety To think that they can stop me For every blow they deliver Just makes me stronger The dark clouds they swarm… Continue reading
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Hello Pain
Hello Pain We’ve met before Earlier today actually Before my feet hit the floor Back so soon? You only just left You took all I had And left me bereft You made me watch Memories from my past Don’t you remember? I can still hear your laughs No, you stayed for quite awhile You always… Continue reading
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Relief
Do you know what it’s like To have a knife stuck in the chest? A lump caught in the throat? Passionate words still unsaid? Do you know what it is like To live in a box? To be kept in a cage? And to be starved of love? Can you imagine the relief Of a… Continue reading
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Shock
A lament Dark words In cruel script The delivering fingers Are torn and ripped The blackness of a soul That has been rent bare Gloomy whisperings The page will tear What do I do With words like this? With emotions so vast They engulf me like a mist I wrote a poem And the earth… Continue reading
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Facing Fear
I didn’t see it I didn’t comprehend The fear that gripped me That hemmed me in Born from past trauma From difficult days When my mood was low And my concentration in a haze I made it through I somehow survived But that feeling of fear Left scars inside I vowed never to allow myself… Continue reading
Anxiety, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing
Dawn & Dusk 