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”
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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: Bury My Heart
I picked up a shovelDug myself a holeTook my heart from my chestThrew it in the ground.Covered it with dirtCovered it with stoneTried to bury deepMy love for you.Yet rays shone throughLike shoots sprouting out of ground.The Lord said to me:“Let it out.Let it flow.Let your love flow.Only thenCan you truly let her go.”So IContinue reading “Poem: Bury My Heart”
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: Can You Love A Marked Man?
Cold, cold lonelinessRaises questions in my heart.Why no romantic love?Am I so unlovable?Why?Possibilities sort and siftCircle around and aroundOnly one conclusion keeps remainingA marked man I am.Marked as just that extra bit different.Maybe conscious, maybe notThe recognition of what I amBarricades the heart against my love.“Can you love a marked man?”I cry,“Can anyone love aContinue reading “Poem: Can You Love A Marked Man?”
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: 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”
Poem: Glimpses
I glance out my windowSee them walking by.I step into the roomSee the hers with the hims.My heart stillsMy pulse quickensA stallion has stomped on my chest.A moment becomes eternityMy demons rise empowered.I do my bestTo hide the war inside.I sit alone thinkingOf all I don’t have.Cold, cold lonelinessChills my whole body.I cry my lamentContinue reading “Poem: Glimpses”
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