Tag: Poems About Anxiety
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The Lamp Light – A Christian Poem About Wisdom
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The Lamp Light – A Christian Poem About Wisdom The lamp light is lit. The atoning wick sucks up the anointing oil And is overflowing, Spreading a blazing fire within my chamber. I am mesmerized with the knowledge of wisdom – The calming vision that you lay upon my eyes. Tear down these fragile, crumbling walls…
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I Want To Walk With You – A Poem
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I Want To Walk With You – A Poem I want to walk with youOut through the cornfieldsWhere the dried up stalksAnd brittle husks flutter in the cool wind.I want to take your handAnd venture down the rowsThe combines have cut,Corn kernels crunching beneath our feet,And make our way to where field and forest meet,Where street…
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Beauty’s Battle – A Poem About Endurance and Fighting Fear
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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…
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The Pearl – A Poem
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The Pearl – A Poem Precious pearl that glimmers somewhere At the bottom of the sea. How many shells must I pry open Before you reveal yourself to me? Your shell is hard and dirty, Protecting the smooth gem that resides within. You may fool the world with your tough exterior But I know the…
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Feathers On the Feeder – A Poem About Birds
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Feathers On the Feeder – A Poem About Birds Carefree and playful like a child, Your wings flutter in the autumn breeze. You crack open your seeds with supreme diligence, Wrapped up in the gift of the present moment. If only I could be more like you – Unaware of the future, Unaltered by anxieties…
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Rosebush – A Poem
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Rosebush – A Poem On Nature And Flowers I am mesmerized by your petals – Stained crimson red with beauty. Delicate like soft velvet, Detailed in form, hiding mystery. Your aroma arises to meet me. Scents of seduction, the fragrance of romanticism you send. Your hands stretch out across the winds, Captivating, caressing, and undressing…
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Reflections – A Poem About Character Flaws
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Reflections – A Poem About Character Flaws The extent of my weaknesses are revealed Beneath the weight of uncertainty. I am often a self-absorbed child, Believing that time and even the world itself should stop for me. My futile fury of feeble insecurity Is shocking and pries open my eyes To inner flaws I was blind…
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This Is Halloween – A Spooky, Scary Children’s Poem For Halloween
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This Is Halloween – A Spooky, Scary Children’s Poem For Halloween Upon the strike of midnight Corpses stir in their graves. A smoke-like mist hangs in the air of night, And invisible hands creak open cemetery gates. Children asleep in beds, Tummies full from bags filled with tasty treats. But approaching through the streets are…
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One Day At A Time – A Poem
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One Day At A Time – A Poem The cool breeze of fall Grips me in a trance, Lost in a dance that I wish I could take part in. But these feet waltz alone And these fingers intertwine with no one, Holding nothing but empty space. It’s just me beneath an October moon, Admiring…
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The Meeting of the Stoic and Romantic – A Poem
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The Meeting of the Stoic and Romantic – A Poem The stoic spoke to the romantic As they crossed paths in the Roman Forum. “How can you be so weak, so feeble, so helpless? Have you no shame to show the world your heart, to wear emotion on your face? Have you no fear, no…
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Rapunzel – A Poem About Fighting For Love
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Rapunzel – A Poem About Fighting For Love “Rapunzel, Rapunzel,Let down thy hair.”Neither sleet nor rain,Darkness nor pain,Cold nor iceWill suffice to keep me awayFrom your tower of solitude.You can ascend spiral stairs of stoneInto the sky’s recesses,But I will follow your tresses,Clinging and holding on despite your wrongs.The song you sing is without equal,And…
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Stars
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Stars Tears fall. Shooting, streaming from the sky. Stars that used to shine Are extinguished in seas of pain and die. Endless black covers heaven’s rooftop With no signposts or signal fires to light and guide the way. The moon mourns in solemn tunes, Refusing to reflect the sun’s rays. Dreams of desolation Devour the…
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Patience – A Poem About Waiting and Trusting in God’s Timing
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Patience – A Poem About Waiting and Trusting in God’s Timing The agony of waiting, watching the hours Drains my power and leaves me bitter Filled with battered pride and endless angst. But just as it takes a season to cultivate a flower, I must keep a steadfast heart and wait. My deepest failure is relying…
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Second Star To The Right – A Poem About Losing Childhood Innocence
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Second Star To The Right – A Poem About Losing Childhood Innocence My sanctuary of sanity Dresses in new robes everyday. Joyfully furnishing new rooms of solitude Only to find the door locked the very next day. The storm clouds gather, grow like weeds – Stubborn and unable to be wrought out. Their rains fueling,…
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The Siren’s Song – A Poem
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The Siren’s Song – A Poem Standing in the shadow of sullen memories My mind rocks, crashes, splashes Like the roaring waves of the open sea, Bound within chambers of emotion – Locked within the prison cell in which my heart has sentenced me. My heart moans, mounts up upon scattered fragments of possibility But…
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Stutter Step – A Poem
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Stutter Step – A Poem Like a quick, passing glance The foot falls of our dance Stutter and come to a halting screech. Not through random chance, Nor matters of unforeseen circumstance, But because you refuse to leap. Leave matters of the heart to faith. Believe and dream in the life that awaits For you…
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The Trouble With Love – A Poem
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The Trouble With Love – A Poem Why do I continually let people into my fragile heart Who have no business being there? Why do I continue to trust in the promise of love When it only breeds deep wounds of despair? “I Love You’s” are thrown around like hellos, Promises given without the trace…
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Unconditionally – A Poem About Hard Love
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Unconditionally A Poem About Hard Love Perhaps we have been prepared to believe that love is meant to be easy. Perhaps we have been convinced we can enjoy the spoils of war without a fight. But true love suffers freely, merely for a chance to behold the light. Perhaps we believe that we can reach…
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