If all the doors are closed
And curtains drawn
If there is no light
And all is dark
There must be
A way out,
Surely?
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Hidden
If only
My thoughts were kept
Inside my head
If only
My heart was held
Inside my breast
If only
My words were silent
Inside my mind
If only
My smile never faltered
From my face
If only
My eyes had sparkled
Never melting tears
If only
My hands held flowers
Behind my back
Perhaps then
Perhaps
I would be the one
Perhaps I would be
The one
Choosing Happiness
If happiness is a choice
Then through my life experience
Conflicts and strife
I will simply choose
Myself happy
Sentient
Separated from our Creator
Separated from our Lord
Living on this planet
Breathing in the earth
Pains will come
And hurts will too
But rise above
And lift your eyes
For heaven’s song
And trumpets’ sound
Will fill the air
And soon ring true
Please
When my heart is broken
And I am feeling sad
When change arrives
And farewells being cried
At times like these
I’ll close my eyes
And think on You
Your love will help me through
Stranglehold
Is my heart allowed to break
When I have everything I need
Is my heart allowed to cry
When my blessings overflow
Are the tears allowed to fall
When I have all that I desired
Can I feel the taste of regret
For choosing a path so narrow
That somewhere, somehow
The path would close in on me
Leaving me with a struggle
To breathe
Band-Aid My Heart
My heart is drowning
In oceans of its own tears
It grabs a quick breath
Before sinking below the
Surface of my sorrow
My longing
My pain
My loss
Band-aid my heart
My heart that is broken
Apart
Erupting Emotions
I kept my heart as closed as the unopened books standing on the bookshelf waiting to be read. And all was quiet and safe, I lived my life, living day to day, viewing the world in black and white. Until the time came that my heart was pried open and all the passion overflowed like a volcano erupting, destroying any semblance of normality. Overwhelming emotion proving the capacity to love with a force unrecognizable to everything that was ever known before.
Denial
I blink back the tears
As the stinging starts
From inside me I can feel
My eyes redden as pools
Of water well up
And start to overflow
I swallow and try to deny
The pain inside of me
Desire
The heart wants
Want the heart wants
The mind can rule
And dictate
And inform
And scold
And warn
And have its say
And harass
And order
And subdue
And take control
And make sense
But at the end
Of a long day
The heart wants
Want the heart wants
Even if
It makes no sense
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