ALONG THE BARREN ROAD

Tag: courage

  • Climbing Mountains Poem About Living Out Your Dreams

    Climbing Mountains Poem About Living Out Your Dreams

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    Justin Farley

    Climbing Mountains A Poem About Living Out Your Dreams and Believing in Yourself The road rose in the distance insistent on wrapping around the towering mountain like twine. At its feet stood a shrine dedicated to the drowsy dreamer, the tired thinker, the sleepy schemer who had journeyed all this way only to have disbelief…

  • Poem About Life Journey and Inner Peace – Adventure

    Poem About Life Journey and Inner Peace – Adventure

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    Justin Farley

    AdventurePoem About Life Journey and Inner PeaceAdventures never have destinations.It’s experience that gives us what we need to find.Leave the need for answers and your expectationsbehind you, unpacked from your mind.Modern life has lost its sense of mystery.The need to know shatters our sense of awe.To live out your true purpose and destinyrecognize that, at…

  • Beauty’s Battle – A Poem About Endurance and Fighting Fear

    Beauty’s Battle – A Poem About Endurance and Fighting Fear

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    Justin Farley

    Beauty’s Battle – A Poem About Endurance and Fighting Fear She sits engaged in a battleBeneath the shadow of her own face,Slowly conceding to her own demonsBrought back by their blows, crushed beneath their weight. She wonders what’s the use in tryingWhen defeat has already been secured?For what’s left of the light is dyingAnd her…

  • Sweeping Up the Past – A Poem

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    Justin Farley

    Sweeping up the shattered shards of old, unfulfilled dreams, He smiled, Knowing that what he’d been searching for Had stood right in front of him all along – He’d just needed the courage To reach out and grasp it, To release his grip on the past, Open up his hands, And let it shatter upon…


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My Poetry Collections

the book cover of Nature's Bounty by Justin Farley— a poetry collection about the beauty of nature with subjects on birds, plants, trees, animals, the forest, and God.
A deep poetry book about the beauty of nature and the natural world by poet Justin Farley.
the book cover of Frozen Rivers by Justin Farley— a poetry collection about depression and the hardships of mental illness, balanced with nature poems on the season of winter.
Deep poems about depression and the hardships of mental illness, balanced with nature poems on the winter season by poet Justin Farley. Book 1 of the Seasons series.
a mental health poetry book about joy and nature poems on the season of spring
Inspirational poems about mental health, healing, and spring by poet Justin Farley. Book 2 of the Seasons series.
the book cover of Summer Days Sunburnt Nights by Justin Farley— a mental health poetry book about bipolar disorder and nature poems on the season of spring
Deep poems about bipolar disorder and being neurodivergent, balanced with nature poems on summer by poet Justin Farley. Book 3 of the Seasons series.
the book cover of A Voice in the Wilderness—A Chapbook of Poems About God by Justin Farley. It is a deep Christian poetry collection about contemplation, the spiritual journey, and finding grace through Jesus.
A contemplative, prayerful Christian poetry book about the spiritual journey and discovering God’s grace, mercy, and love.
the book cover of Thorns of Love by Justin Farley. It is a deep love poetry collection about sadness of breakups, divorce, and heartbreak.
A deep love poetry book about the pain of break ups and the heartbreak felt when relationships end by poet Justin Farley.