Tag Archives: spirituality

Poem: Be Silent No More

I walk through the nightRunning from demonsInside my head.HidingFrom pain and shame.I’ve been biting my tongueToo oftenThese past few months.Can’t take it anymoreCan’t keep silentWhen I disagree.Hiding too much of myselfIn my own home.I turn to the LordAsk Her for guidance.She answers me“Speak up.Speak up nowBe silent no more.You focus too muchOn “Live peaceably withContinue reading “Poem: Be Silent No More”

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: Dark Forest

These past few monthsI’ve been wanderingThrough a dark forestNo ideaWhich path to take.There have been nightsI’ve shuddered in the coldShelteredFrom stormy gales .There have been daysI’ve seen the sunShining through the leaves.I’ve found gladesTo see the skySometimes blue and brightSometimes full of stars.These past few daysThe forest has grown darkerAnd there have been timesI’ve onlyContinue reading “Poem: Dark Forest”

Poem: Going To Be Alright

I’ve been runningOh so long.There’s a stitchIn my sideAnd my bodyIs screaming for relief.I’ve been fightingOh so long.Bodies of my foesAre piled high.I’m coatedIn blood and sweat and tears.I’ve been carryingThis weightOh so long.Pain fills my bodyGrief fills my soul.I’ve lost so much.It’s going to be alrightIt’s going to be okay.The pain will keep comingTheContinue reading “Poem: Going To Be Alright”

Poem: Heartbreak And Betrayal

I am walkingA lonely road.My heartIs clenchedFull of painOf ashesOf despair.Gut is clenchedTied in knotsHeartbreak and betrayalLoss of lifeWorld turned upside down.This has beenMy lot of lateI long for exileMy greatest wishIs to return home.If onlyI could lay downThis weary load.Yet I knowI can’t.Despite the darknessClosing inDespite evilMade manifestMy inner lightRefuses to go out.I holdContinue reading “Poem: Heartbreak And Betrayal”

Poem: Becoming A Cynic

Another person stumblesAnother person falls.I cry out to the LordIn despair and ragePain and weariness“Is no one safe?Does no on standFor what claim?”I knowMentors have a wayOf letting us down.Role models fall shortDevelop blemishes as we grow.I used to wonderWhy so many people became cynicsNow I wonderWhy we’re not all cynicsBy the time we’re doneContinue reading “Poem: Becoming A Cynic”

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: What It Is To Be Me

You don’t knowWhat it is to be me.To be at war with oneselfEvery momentWaking or sleeping.You can’t imagineThe pain I holdAlways in my heart.You don’t understandHow I can struggle so muchWhile shining so bright.Let me tell youMy dearThe brightest of starsCasts the longest of shadows.If I couldI would let you feelEven for a momentWhat itContinue reading “Poem: What It Is To Be Me”

Poem: I Don’t Know

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”