When the waters rise;When lonelinessDespair and fearFill your heartLike some black tide;Do not push them down.Do not avoid.Do not be ashamed.Let the floodgates openBe sad.Feel the dark emotions rageEmbrace the pain.Only by embracingCan you truly let go.
Tag Archives: depression
Poem: Sea Of Pain
The darkness is closing inI struggle to stay afloatSwimming in the sea of my pain.Storm waters rising highLightning fills the sky.She cries:“Hold on, love!Go with the flow,You can do more than you know.Though it doesn’t seem so,The skies will clearThe sun will shineThe sea will calm.And you will see thenThe glory of love.”Peace fills meContinue reading “Poem: Sea Of Pain”
Poem: Battle Wounds
I wake.My body achesMy movements are slow.I wash.My body comes awakeMy mind feels refreshedMy soul begins to stir.I dress.I feel the weightOf all my painAll my failuresAll that cannot be undone.I goThrough the dayTrying to bury my painTrying to hideMy battle wounds.
Poem: Suffering Servant
PainPain fills my being.My heart clenchesMy eyes waterMy breath quickens.I amA suffering servant.Honor and loveHope and faithAnd strong determinationThese keep me moving on.“Why must I suffer so?”I cry to the Lord.The Lord answers me:“To teach others.To teach yourself.To forge youInto a shining light.”Peace fills me.I feel refreshed.RenewedI walk on.
Poem: Somehow Apart
I sit and thinkA faint smile crosses my faceYet my eyes portray my pain.I am with themYet somehow apart.I love themFully and deeply.I take joy in their companyLaugh and playYet always the knowledge returns.The knowledge of painThe knowledge of darkness.“Lord,” I cry,“Why must I suffer so?Why can’t I be one with them?Why must I beContinue reading “Poem: Somehow Apart”
Poem: Time Of Waiting
This is a time of waiting.WaitingFor a job.WaitingFor community.Waiting for love .“How long must I keep waiting?”I cry to the Lord,“When will I be free?”“Soon”, the Lord answers me,“My beloved child.Soon.”Days turn into weeksWeeks turn into monthsMonths turn into yearsStill I wait.Now each day becomes a challengeI struggle to riseI struggle to stay awakeI struggleContinue reading “Poem: Time Of Waiting”
Poem: Never Alone
I walk through the night.Aching pain fills my heartCold, cold loneliness fills my soulTears struggle to burst free.My mindMy beautifully stubborn mindRefuses to let go.Maybe..No!Maybe it would be better…No!…if I diedNo! It would not!Steadily onward I treadFighting a battle none can seeDrowning in the dark.“Venti hot chocolate, please,”I say to the barista.The warm drink inContinue reading “Poem: Never Alone”
Poem: Choosing Pain
We sit in that cloistered room.I pour out my doubts and fearsHeart, mind, and soul.Together we walk backwardsAnalyze, dissect, examine.I confess my lonely heartMy waiting to act.“Why?”he asks.“Why?”I inquire of myself.Because I must feel.Because I am who I am.Because I must.“Fair,”he says,“But know this truth.This dark, lonely truth:You choose the pain.”An enormous peaceFalls upon myContinue reading “Poem: Choosing Pain”
Poem: The Difference Choice Makes
Chink. Chink. Chink.Thud. Thud. Thud.Smash. Smash. Smash.Again and againThe knowledge of my alonenessThe knowledge of myselfThe knowledge of my purposeIs hammered in.I put up walls around my heartDark knowledge tears them down.Bleak, hopeless pain fills my soulI cry a soundless lament.I scream to the LordAsking,“Why me?”Pleading,“How do I bear this pain?”The Lord answers me,“You, becauseContinue reading “Poem: The Difference Choice Makes”
Poem: Never Enough
Broken, broken, brokenI feel so broken.I try and I sweat;I try and I bleed;I try and I break.My soul cries in anguishMy heart screams in agonyI give all of myselfAnd all that I have.And it isn’t enoughI’m never enough.The past haunts meThe future frightens me.I cry out to the Lord“Will I ever be enough?Can IContinue reading “Poem: Never Enough”
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