Poem: Leave-Taking

My heart clenchesMy breath catchesWith fearAnd anticipation.I do not wishTo say goodbye.Would that ICould spend more timeWith youPerhaps even eternity.I do not knowWhen I willSee you again.But know in your heartThat if you callI will come.I will always be hereFor you.My loveIs a giftI offer freely.Hold in my heartThroughout our separation.WaitingHopingTo be with youAgain.

Poem: Frustrated At Myself

I carryA heavy burden.Feel the cold chillDown my spine.The weightOf all my hopesDashed.All my loveIn vain.I am notStrong enough;Wise enough;Smart enough;Loving enough;To be a good friend.For her to accept meTo love me.Oh!If onlyI could beA little bit strongerA little bit better.There are timesWhen I curseThe factI’m a marked man.WiredThe way I am.“Oh Lord,”I cry,“What purposeContinue reading “Poem: Frustrated At Myself”

Poem: Screw Up

Heart clenchedTears fill my eyesThroat swells.I can’t breatheGut tied in knots.How do I keepTrying and failingAlways screwing upAlways failing short?HowOh howIs anyoneEver going to be ableTo love me?So imperfectSo foolishSo idiotic.I long so muchTo not feel this pain.To not be so aloneTo have someoneTo hold me tightTo remind of the light.But for nowAll I seeContinue reading “Poem: Screw Up”

Poem: Fool’s Love

I am a foolConstantly fallingConstantly failing.LovingBut not being loved.There is a time to embraceAnd a time to refrain from embracing.Seems to meAll too oftenLove requires meTo let goRefrain fromComfort of warm embrace.When I look at herOr even think of herMy heart clenchesTears wellSoul painsAt all that wish to beAll that I can’t be.Oh!Unrequited love!How foolishContinue reading “Poem: Fool’s Love”

Poem: More Alone

I am walkingA lonely road.FeelingMore aloneThan ever before.YesI have my friendsMy familyPeople who love meWho I love.Yet I am drowningIn a dark tideCrushed by loneliness.I haveNo personTo turn to.God’s comfortSeems slim.I longFor someoneTo hold at night.SomeoneTo remind meWhy lifeIs worth the living.Don’t worryI willKeep on walkingFor I have hope.Hope will lead meTo greater faithTo theContinue reading “Poem: More Alone”

Poem: Held

I walk through the nightMind dark and cloudedGuts roilingIn pain and confusion.I scream and I cryI rage and I plead .All I can do is walkNo ordered thoughtNo solid musingJust walk.I bring all to the LordExhaust what I have to sayFeel drainedWearyReady to rest .All I can thinkIs this:Loving someoneEnough to let them goMay beContinue reading “Poem: Held”

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: 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?