Trauma
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The Painful Choice
This poem talks of one of the challenges I have faced in recovering from depression. I am learning that we have to open up to safe people to heal. And though healing hurts, staying wounded hurts even more A lament What will I suffer for? For what will I bear this pain? The trauma inside… Continue reading
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Rejection
Rejection is a deep pain. I am learning to find acceptance and healing in Christ. A lament I have always felt like A disappointment Even the times When I actually wasn’t There were always barriers That I had to climb In order to be accepted In order to be liked I tried to be What… Continue reading
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The Bush
Wandering lamb Caught in a bush It strayed into wastelands In search for food The thorns pierce Gash it with sorrow Every move the lamb makes Only causes them to burrow Wolves wait Shivering with the thrill There’s no need to attack If the lamb does not still But on it struggles Thrashing about But… Continue reading
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Cracked
Let God in when your heart breaks. Trust Him with your inner pain Ice cold blade In the centre of my heart A savage stabbing Ripping me apart A stagnant inner mass Has been congealing inside Poisoning my soul Causing me to die His tender love can finally Enter my cracked heart Sealing the ragged… Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Trust -
Feeling Low Haiku
A lament It hurts so bad now I thought I had felt it all There is always more Continue reading
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Mistakes
A short poem on regret Bitter taste Burns Leaves a mark On the skin A chance to learn Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Regret, Trauma, Writing -
Pebble
In the darkness And the bitterness of tears In this tragic nightmare This fear of all fears I found a small stone A pebble, no less A shard of hope Given to me in this duress Every day I clasped it It began to grow And notched in its surface Little truths to me, it… Continue reading
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Cavernous Hole
Cavernous hole Where a heart once was The chest gapes open Showing all its flaws Life wrenched the heart loose And bitterness embalmed it Put the heart in a chest And buried it in that pit The heart must return For him to live again But for him to reach it He must dig through… Continue reading
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Thorns in Skin Haiku
A lament Thorns under the skin The wounds that cut the deepest Careless words from friends Continue reading
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My Support
I am beaten but not broken Forgotten but not a nobody Beset by challenges But none have managed to stop me Jesus, You bring me to my feet Clothe me with Your mercy Your hand holds me Though I sway unsteadily Walk me step by step Don’t let go of my hand I will need… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 