It’s a new yearAnd hope is in my heart.Work is goodProductive and fulfilling.Living in a new houseNot sure it will be a homeBut at peace with itFor now.Faith is stronger than ever.Health is getting better.Yet stillI ask myself:What is it all worthIf my life is without love?While my lifeSeems goodIn manifold waysI am more lonelyThanContinue reading “Poem: Year I Find Love”
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Poem: Keep My Heart Open
The city is full againAfter a quiet summer.I look aroundSee couples walking everywhere.The pain wells in my heart.I am remindedOf all the loves I’ve had.All that I’ve let go.While I knowThat was whatI had to doI fear thatWith each sacrifice of selfWith each loss of hopeI have builtBrick by brickA wall around my heart.Plate byContinue reading “Poem: Keep My Heart Open”
Poem: 27 Going On 28
I walk through the parkReflectingFilled with gratitude.I see how far I’ve comeThis past year.I see how farI still have to go.I have becomeThe leader I hoped to be.The leaderMy mentors saw in me.I am healthierThan I’ve ever been.QuickerStrongerIn controlSelf-aware.I have foundA communityTo call home.My mind is clearerThan it’s ever been.I know myselfAnd even love myselfMoreContinue reading “Poem: 27 Going On 28”
Poem: Who I Need You To Be
I walk through the nightBrokenBatteredBruised.OverwhelmedWith griefAnd despair.FeelingOh so alone.I cry outFrom the depths of my soul,“LordHow long must IKeep carrying this burden?What is the pointOf all this pain?Isn’t it clearI will never beWho I alwaysHoped I could become?Would it not be betterFor me to fade awayIn my night’s sleepFreeing those I loveFrom the burden ofContinue reading “Poem: Who I Need You To Be”
Poem: Dark Days
My days and nightsAre dark of late.StormyFull of painFearAnd despair .Anticipating griefMourning loves onesFar too often.Struggling to liveIn a houseThat is definitely notA home for me.Feeling so aloneWanting to loveStruggling to holdTo hope until it come.sBearing the pressureOf leadershipOf workAnd wonderingHow much longerUntil something gives.Easy to focusOn all this darknessTo give upTo give in.Yet IContinue reading “Poem: Dark Days”
Poem: Don’t Want To Love Again
SomethingHas tipped the scales.Hope is dyingFlames going out.I amBuilding walls around my heartBlocking inArmouring up.I carryToo much pain.Can’t takeMuch more of this.I have pleadedI have waitedFor this lonelinessTo end.For someoneTo take meIn her armsRemind meOf life and light.There isNo end in sight.I don’t wantTo love again.YetEven as I build the wallsI find myself knocking themContinue reading “Poem: Don’t Want To Love Again”
Poem: Lonely For The Holidays
Night grows darkerWorld grows colder.Winter winds blowHolidays approach.Everywhere I lookI seeCouples embracingHearts warm together .Love bloomsPeople lean intoThe comfortOf another’s embrace.People kissBeneath the hanging mistletoe.Families gatherTo celebrate their children:Their accomplishments;Their progress;Their partners.How very painful it isTo be the black sheepThe marked man.No jobDeep in debt.No romanceNo love.Many are merryFor the holidaysLoving and full.I am alwaysContinue reading “Poem: Lonely For The Holidays”
Poem: Of Grief And Love
Death is following meNipping at my heels.All the past yearLosing friendsLosing family.More I fearStill to lose.My mind is trappedWeighed down by griefReplaying memoriesIn constant loop.Wonder ifAllowing a kissWould have changed an outcome.No.I made the choiceI had to makeAt that stageIn my life’s journey.As nights lengthenCold winds blowAnxiety and depressionGrow ever worse.Finances tightLong fight aheadLoneliness growsStrongerContinue reading “Poem: Of Grief And Love”
Poem: Life Without Love
The Lord says,“It’s not goodFor man to be alone”.If that’s soWhy do so manyFind me unlovable?How much longerMust I remain alone?I long for loveFor the reminderOf the light.For someone to holdTo be held.Yet all too oftenI must refrain from embracingLet goLet be.PleaseOh LordHelp me!I don’t knowHow much longerI can keep fightingFor a lifeWithout love.
Poem: Broken Love
As I driveDown country roadsMy demonsCatch up to me.Tears fill my eyesRun down my cheeksBreath comes in ragged gasps.I aim merelyTo keep the car on the road.The weight of remorseGuilt and shameAre heavy burdens.I feel so aloneI am sorryFor all I cannot beCannot doCannot say.For failing to beThe friend you need.I know I tryTo beContinue reading “Poem: Broken Love”
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