You ask me: what will happen?How will I survive?You tell me that I mustOvercome my challengesSomehowSomeway.All I can answerAll I can sayI don’t know.I can’t see my end.All I can doIs focus on one stepOne moment at a time.Yet I don’t needTo know it all.All I need to doIs practiceLove and hopeFaith and honor.More thanContinue reading “Poem: I Don’t Know”
Category Archives: Poetry
Poem: Wind And Rain And Pain
I went for a walkIn the wind and the rainTrying to escapeThe depth of my pain.Didn’t take longIn that elemental maelstromTo feel my soulBecome whole once more.Who cares thatThey’re soaked to the boneWhen their heart carries darknessDeeper than any ocean.As the night grew longerI trudged on and onWrestling throughMy doubts and my questions.Finding God inContinue reading “Poem: Wind And Rain And Pain”
Poem: Touch Myself
Through the dayInto the nightI am filled with pain.My dreamsProvide no escapeNo rest.As I lay myself in bedI let it all go.My handsBring my body awakeAs fire fills my blood.My hands moveMy pelvis thrustsAs I rub the pain away.I give thanksTo the LordFor the pleasuresOf human fleshOf matter embodied.I rejoiceIn the factThat I am aContinue reading “Poem: Touch Myself”
Poem: I Need Your Love
I need your loveTo show me the way.I need your loveTo drive away the pain.I need your loveWhen the demonsFill my head.When the darknessCloses in;When my heartIs near to breaking;I need your loveTo remind meOf the light.To tell meThat it’s okayTo feel joy.I need your loveThrough the good timesAnd the bad.PleaseOh pleaseGive me your love.
Poem: All I Can Offer
I can’t offerA bodyMuscled in extreme.I don’t possessConfidence in abundance.I can’t promiseA steady jobOr money in perpetuity.All I can offerIs my love;My faith;My hope.I can promiseTo never give up;To always beWilling to listen;To ever beFully and completelyHonest and true.Is that enoughFor you toTake a chance on me?Can that get us throughMy darkness and my pain?AllContinue reading “Poem: All I Can Offer”
Poem: Simple Pleasures
So many menCrave adventureSeek thrillsSink their moneyInto adrenaline-rushing hobbies.Seeking virtual escapeEmpty powerHigh speedEmpty pleasure.I am a manOf simple pleasures.Give me a good bookTV show or movie.I’ll enjoy simple foodAnd simple drink.I’ll love long walksAlone in my mindUnder a starry sky.Nothing is betterThan time spentWith friends and family.Or getting lostIn simple mastery ofMy own body.I amContinue reading “Poem: Simple Pleasures”
Poem: The Best
I am notThe best at anything.Not swimming or runningSkiing or Tai Chi.I am notTop of my fieldNor top of my class.I am no expertNo guru.God knowsMost daysI struggle to surviveLet alone live.Yet I have a missionA God given purposeTo keep on walkingTo keep on strivingKeep on breathing.Show the worldThrough constant struggleThe meaning of persistence.I mayContinue reading “Poem: The Best”
Poem: True Victory
I was walkingIn the night.StumblingThrough the dark.I cried out to the LordIn anguish and despair.It seemed too muchMy heart wasFull with pain .The Lord reached outWrapped meIn Her embrace.I tried to shrug her offNot to be consoled.She said to me,“My dear childYou’re losing the battlesBut winning the war”.SuddenlyChaos became orderEverything fit into place.My heart wasContinue reading “Poem: True Victory”
Poem: The Right Fit
I am searchingFor the right fit.Looking to findA purposeful job.Hoping and prayingEndlessly yearningFor loveTrue and strong.Looking to fill my lifeWith communityFaithful and deep.I am seekingTo take the next right step.To find the balanceBetween work and playBetween time aloneAnd time with other.sI aimTo grow in strength;To listenTo the guidance of God;To improve my selfPhysicallyMentallySpiritually.I am strivingEverContinue reading “Poem: The Right Fit”
Poem: Time To Embrace
My heart achesWith loneliness.The painA constant reminderOf what I don’t have.ReluctantlyI concludeI must let her go.To love someoneSo muchThat you are willingTo let them goTakes strengthMost will never know.To do it againAgain and againTakes strengthBeyond imagining.I knowLordThe choices I have made.I feel the rightness.WhenO GodWill it beThe time to embrace?
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