Tag: Poems About Anxiety
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Passion’s Answer – A Love Poem
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Come lay down at my feet, Come sweep away the pain that follows me, Haunting me wherever my restless heart roams. Fix your gaze upon my soul, Look in its mirror and see its reflection shows you, And see that its essence is true. Let me tell you my tales of unwritten stories And the…
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INK – A Poem
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INK A Poem Why must you smear charcoal Over a painting that was a masterpiece to begin? Why must you detract from your natural beauty With uncarefully crafted scribbles across your skin? A stamp upon your hide like cattle, Isn’t attractive nor does it make it come alive. For truth lives in the heart –…
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When Trouble Comes – A Poem About Faith and Enduring Life’s Pain
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When Trouble Comes A Poem About Faith and Enduring Life’s Pain Evening’s crippling darkness passes away. It’s distant vigor muted by the beauty of the morn. Hope shines forth from the sun’s mighty rays, A new spirit within us is born. I am not overburdened by life’s troubles. Though painful, they will not shackle nor…
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Hide and Seek – Godly Love of God Poem
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Hide and Seek – Godly Love of God Poem One, one-thousand. Two, one-thousand. Three, one-thousand… Ten, one-thousand. Ready or not, here I come. Just where could you be hiding? Your favorite spots could be endless Across an ever-expanding universe. Are you resting within a crater on the moon? Riding around the rings of Saturn Like…
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The Fight – A Poem About Conquering Fear
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A Poem about conquering fear and not letting fear choose your destiny or get in the way of your dreams.
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Today is the Day – A Poem About Conquering Fear and Living Your Dreams
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A Poem About Conquering Fear and Living Your Dreams. So many of us allow our lives to be dictated and restricted by fear.
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The Invitation (Demo) Song
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The Invitation (Demo) (CLICK TITLE TO HEAR SONG) Verse 1 Through it all I suppose I should hate you. Through it all I suppose I shouldn’t care. Through it all I know I should dispose you. But through it all, my love for you still prevails. Chorus So if you’re out there tonight, Consider this my…
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The Leaves of Autumn (I’ll Remember You) – A Poem About Lost Love
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The Leaves of Autumn (I’ll Remember You) – A Lost Love Poem When the fireflies bring their dances to a close over the meadowAnd the leaves of autumn change their hue,I will look out my window, love,And I’ll remember you. That twinkle in your eyesWill bring a smile to my face,But sadly my memories won’t…
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Narcissus and God – A Poem
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My feelings for you swing like a pendulum, driven by the forces of gravity; pulled back down by life’s realities and the weather during these ever-changing seasons of my life. I have hated you. I have loved you. I have sought you and found nothing but empty space. I have sought you and found the…
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What the Heart Heard – A Poem
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What is this sound come beating in my heart, that rattles my walls and shakes me apart? It roars with the echo of a thousand lions, always on the prowl. Stealthily seeking to devour me when its advances I finally allow. It is a soft, cool whisper like the wind howling through the trees, anxiously…
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The Tinman – A Poem
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The Tinman – A Poem Your beacon blazes with the firestormOf a thousand pyres.In your eyes I find the fires –Smoke signals that rise to the heavensAnd lead me on a journeyOut of the confinement of earthly shacklesThat have clanged like lonely church bellsRinging in the early morning,Beckoning for deliverance around my feet for countless…
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Scarlet Streets – A Poem For Memorial Day and Veterans
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Scarlet Streets – A Poem For Memorial Day and Veterans As we stroll down the streets of our lives Pursuing the dreams of our hearts, Growing old with loved ones, And sleeping in for a snooze Amid cozy beds on weekend mornings Safe within suburban sanctuaries, It is easy to forget that these paths of…
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My Own Prison – A Christian Poem
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My Own Prison – A Christian Poem Your law feels like a jailer’s prisonthat constrains me in a straight jacket,unable to move within my cell.I could strip off my dirty clothesand unlock my chamber door…But what awaits me out in the free world?What of my foolish desiresif life loses all meaning and beautybecomes simply a…
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Interstate Pondering – A Poem About How Fast Life Goes By
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Interstate Pondering – A Poem About How Fast Life Goes By Every time I turn around I have just enough time to catch a glimpse Of years like Indy cars zipping around the track At the 500 fly by. Hours vanish with hands racing Around the clock at hyper-speed. Days depart with only skid marks…
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Coming of Age – A Poem About Growing Up
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Coming of Age – A Poem About Growing Up I walk alone down the streets of time,Constantly searching, yearning for a home I can call mine.But the migrant bustle, hustle through the downtown streetsMakes it nearly impossible, a distant and unattainable feat.Who are these faces that stare back at me?Why do they appear so alive,…
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The Problem of Man – A Christian Poem
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The Problem of Man – A Christian Poem You whisper to me in shades of sadness, Silently stammering like a broken record Skipping over the same ol’ speech. What do I do with this madness – This sinful desire that corrupts my heart with each new beat? I welcome you with open arms The moment…
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Misplaced – A Funny Poem
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Misplaced – A Funny Poem Just where did you run off to now? I ‘m certainly certain I left you in your proper place. Why, oh why must you always find a way somehow To sprout legs and hide the minute I’m running late? If you wish to play hide and seek I promise to search for…
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…And Then the Rains Came – A Poem
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“…And Then the Rains Came” …And then the rains came, Marching and tearing up the dirt paved streets Like a herd of elephants trampling everything in its path. Brighter lightning had never flashed, Nor had louder thunder ever crashed. The storm’s wake devoured and digested the sun, Swallowing and submerging it under its pitch black…
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