Trauma
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A Court of Fear and Loathing
My thoughts gather On this spiral staircase Each one sneering With malevolent face They’ve all prepared Each one has a speech Either some accusation Or a declaration of defeat I spin round In this amphitheatre But my attempts at defence Will have no impact here Their white papers Rain down As cheers of derision Echo… Continue reading
Anxiety, Depression, Emotions, Fear, Guilt, Hope, Pain, Perfectionism, Poetry, Rumination, Trauma, Truth -
Authenticity
We wear the mask Until we forget who we are We take the real us And hide it in a jar We follow their script Until we forget our voice We follow their directions Until they become our choice We play their game so long Jumping through every hoop That we forget it’s a game… Continue reading
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Embittered
They thought because I was quiet That I had nothing to say But I held my words within me Until I came to this page They left no space For my voice to be heard So I went to a place Where I would never be spurned Their loud voices drowned out My attempts to… Continue reading
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Drained
I hate this This crushing pressure To be the person That always delivers I cannot fail Because if I do Others can’t cope Or know what to do I have achieved so much That if I stop People panic When they notice the loss They suck my talents dry My gifts, my generosity But which… Continue reading
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Invisibility Cloak
A young man lives In a shroud of smoke His staggering steps hidden For he wears an invisibility cloak He found it one day In a cupboard in his room It promised to hide his secrets Instead, it became his tomb To all who looked at him He looked like he was doing ok But… Continue reading
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When Words Were Gone
Life set fire To what I loved most Stole the words from my lips Like an unseen ghost The seat of my ideas My passions, my inspirations Was turned into ash Reduced to a charred wasteland Where words once flowed There was a cavernous void The fountain in my heart Was savagely destroyed Words evaporated… Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, Depression, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Shame, Trauma, Writing -
Above the Waters
I am reaching out From beneath these waves Knowing that my hope Will not be put to shame For my God is with me He will make a way out These challenges I face By His power, I will surmount For it is in weakness That He builds strength It’s in the cracks of a… Continue reading
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Brokenness
Broken shards in hand Cold tears run down sharp edges All of us have scars Cracks in our inner treasures We hide them in a cupboard Wish they would go away God comes in His mercy And makes a beautiful mosaic Continue reading
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Mosaic
You weaved my dark notes Into your symphony You took my misshapen works And somehow found symmetry You incorporated my falls Into Your dance You took my defeated posture Made it the opening stance You restyled my ageing architecture From archaic to classic You took my broken pieces And made a mosaic Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, faith, God, Gratitude, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Thankfulness, Trauma, Trust -
Seam of Gold
Our hearts are Craggy rocks Worn by life Chipped at and struck Cast aside By the world as worthless But God sees beyond Our wretched surface For in all of us Runs a seam of gold Endless riches Like a seed in soil It takes the belief of others Who have the patience to mine… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 