ALONG THE BARREN ROAD

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Guideposts Along the Barren Road

Living With Fear – A Poem About Anxiety and Mental Illness Close your eyes.Keep yourself blindTo the hideous beastThat hides beneath this veil of security. Pretend you can’t see meFor who I am –A scared,…
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Illusions – A Poem The demon water you drinkIs devouring your soul.Don’t you know this road has no happy endingAnd your heart will turn cold? Repeating lies does not change reality.Sooner or later you’ll have…
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Woman – A Love Poem For Her You are like the waves lapping against the shore –Repetitive, seductive, intoxicating, cleansingLike holy water that wrings out the darkness. I sit unceasingly upon the sands of timeWaiting…
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Inkblood – A Poem about the Writing Process Beneath a pale, July moonAn ancient manuscript sitsIlluminated by candlelight,Its pages gently rustling in the breezeBlowing behind the curtains of the nearby window. The ink is faded…
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Alien – A Poem Feelings run too deeplike the full summer moon,sinking in the sky’s dark sea of black.Reminiscing, pondering over burnt out stars,wishing their beautiful light could somehow be brought back. But the ancient…
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Today – A Inspiration Poem The sun is rising.Open your eyes to the possibility of a new lifeThat waits for you upon the horizon.Let the aroma of fresh brewed coffee stir you in bedAnd lead…
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The Black Veil – A Poem I wear this black veil of despair Like the wrappings of a mummy, Covering my self-inflicted wounds. My face frozen in cold, blank stare Trapped within my tomb, Alone…
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“Fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.” – Proverbs 9:10 As you read through the Old Testament, fear of or fearing the Lord is…
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No One Knows That Day and Hour “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. For as were the days of…
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The Woman in the Mirror You are a seductive temptressthat tempts with the ticks of time.In control of the clocks hands,only needing to rewind to the moments we left behind. You still lurk in the…
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Raven Jet black feathers fall from your head And brush the beauty of your cheek. Dark as night like strands of onyx Woven with omens and tales of mystery. The spell you caw claws at…
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The Mirror of Truth – A Poem Into the mirror I gaze and am wrapped within the frame of a smoky haze of secrets swirling within glass. I can’t deny the face, can’t pretend I…
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Build Within Me A Foundation of Thanksgiving – A Poem of Praise to God May your rays of righteousness pierce through the clouds and shadows of my heart. May my mind give way to your…
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Like the Summer Wind – A Poem I yearn for you like the summer wind – vast, cool, refreshing upon my cheek; a shelter to soothe beneath the furnace of life’s heat. Your character radiates…
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Finding Miracles in Everyday Life Nature has so many miracles lurking in the ordinary. We can find so many miracles in everyday life–we just have to learn to pay attention and be mindful which is…
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A poem about looking for love and finding a partner who is dedicated and sticks by your side through life’s struggles.
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“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
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The Sailor – A Poem You’ve sent me off as an aimless navigator Traveling upon treacherous and torrential seas. Once was a proud and confident sailor, But now find there’s no compass I can read.…
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