Standing at a crossroad
Wondering which way to go
I look to my left
I look to my right
I look straight ahead
Right behind
And down below
Then I know
My future is not here
Not now
Not yet
I am where I am
I stand firm
I stand tall
And I look up
My life is a desert
No water to be found
My well has run dry –
Fading hope has died.
I kneel before thee
My Savior and King
Plead for living waters –
To quench my soul’s deep
Need.
If I said no
And you did it anyway
If I said stop
And you continued
If I asked for kindness
And you hurt for pleasure
If I said I don’t want to
And you didn’t care
Then there is nothing more I can say
But to turn myself away
Canopy of cloud
Covering eternity –
Endless skies above
I had a crush on someone.
His blue eyes melted mine.
He melted me.
I changed my dress, my hair, my walk, my talk.
Anything for him to notice me.
And he did.
Before he noticed someone else.
Yesterday
Their baby was born.
A shadow without light
Would ne’er a shadow be named
But rather darkness descending
On never ending night
Like moonlight shadows
And shadows with light
A soul’s sore pain echoes
Sweet victory’s delight
One side of a coin
Is one half of a whole
The yin and the yang –
Whole is more than its parts
An empty swing stands
Forlorn, bearing echoes of
Laughter long ago
My love
Your love
Our love
Forbidden behind
A secret lock and
Key
For now
And always forever
Aching to be
Unchained
Unlocked
Unhidden
Free
Layers upon layer
Fell to the floor
Revealing flesh
Behind closed door
The music played
Drowning our cries
The passion between us
Never disguised
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