Category: Poetry

Dare I Trust My Heart Again?

Dare I trust my resurrected heart?
The flickering candle of hope?
The dimly lit path to freedom?
The trickling water of peace?

Dare I trust the softer voices in my head?
The gentle breezes in my soul?
Dare I trust the raging monster is dead?
That it will never rise again?

My heart was crushed by the hammer of injustice.
Broken by ghosts of the past.
Paying for crimes she did not commit.
Drowning in tears that were never hers to cry.

It trusted the bloody hands of those who claimed to love her.
The freezing tomb of silence.
The glaring eyes of rejection.
The coals of shame poured on her head.

But dare she trust these quiet chambers?
To lay down her sword?
To tear down the walls?
Dare she believe in trust again?

No! I dare not trust my fickle heart.
My fractured mind.
My wild emotions.
My murdered soul.

I dare not trust my destructive self.
My racing thoughts.
My doubts and fears.
I dare not trust my broken self at all.

I dare to trust an unseen God.
I dare to trust His tender love.
I dare to trust His healing touch.
I dare to trust His whispering voice.

I dare to trust His wounded hands.
I dare embrace the blood He shed.
I dare believe the words He speaks.
I dare surrender to the cross.

Father, forgive my wounded heart.
My angry tears. My shattered soul.
I never wanted to hurt you.
But I was afraid to trust your stubborn love.
But I’m not afraid anymore.






A Heart And Soul Talk To the Brain

Listen up, brain!
I’m in control now
Stop playing those dusty, ragged old tapes
Over and over and over
You know the ones
With the murderous voices
That paralyzes and cripples the soul
Those thunderous, earth-shaking voices that never shut up
I’m sick of it!
Look what you’re doing to the heart
She cries for days
She mopes around the house
Too depressed to even pick up the broom
She loses interest in everything she loves
She stops singing and creating
She can’t even put two words together
She just sits and stares at a blank screen
Day after frustrating day
She hates what she sees in the mirror
Is it herself she sees?
Or is it that tyrant who broke her soul?
She can’t tell anymore
They both look the same
Well, I’m telling you right now
It’s going to STOP!
She’s a good heart
Despite the scars and serrated edges
Even when she’s bleeding
She still knows how to laugh
She still knows how to love
She’s broken, but she’s not destroyed
You tried to make me hate her
And sometimes I do
When she rages like a demented monster
When she explodes all over the place
Making a big, fat mess of everything
But I’m on to you, brain
I know where you’re coming from
I know who orchestrates your ungodly lies
And makes the heart believe them
It’s over brain!
No more!
As much as you believe the demented lies
The heart believes them less
So this is how it’s going to be
We’re going to work together as a team
No more mud-slinging
No more filthy lies
No more pulling against one another
We work together or we die together
Which will it be?
Speak up, brain!
I can’t hear you!
Okay then, smart choice
We’ll work together
And since we can’t jump out of the skin we’re in
We just darn well make the best of it!










Fight Like a Warrior!

Again I fall down
The winding stairs of despair
Into the arms of the insatiable monster
Hungrily awaiting me there

Like a vulture he feasts
On bloody wounds with greed
Picking old scabs
And making them bleed

He ravages my soul
He batters my brain
He crushes my heart
And fills it with shame

Enough! shouts the warrior
From deep within
I will not surrender
You will not win!

In a bloody pool of injustice
The scapegoat lies slain
Beneath the sins of others
for which it carried the blame

With new resolve I dry my tears
And climb back up the stairs
Out of the oppressive darkness
Anger and despair

If life is a game
I never learned to play
The rules are always changing
And the price is hard to pay

I only know the ways of truth
For which I bear the scars
By those I entrusted my heart and soul
To be silenced and locked behind bars

Bars of guilt shame and regret
For crimes I did not commit
But they were bigger and smarter than I
Thus I was easily tricked

But I’m bigger and much wiser now
And aware of the games people play
And the fighting spirit they tired to kill
Is alive and well today

If you are walking the bloody trail
Of battered forgotten souls
Find the courage from deep within
To fight like a warrior and take back control

For if you don’t you will never win
The battles throughout your life
And will shrivel away in the prison
Of heartache sorrow and strife








































Only One

One God
One Father
One Son
One Holy Spirit
Only One

One Creator
One Garden of Eden
One Forbidden Tree
One Deadly Bite
Only One

One Virgin Mother
One Babe in a Manger
One Carpenter
One Teacher
Only One

One Cross
One Crown of Thorns
One Savior
One Resurrection
Only One

One Way
One Truth
One Life
One Light
Only One

One Government
One Leader
One Ruler
One King
Only One

One Life on Earth
One Physical Death
One Way to Heaven
One Way to Hell
Only One

John 14:6
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 8:12
I am the Light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Revelation 22:12
Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have down. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.


Night Whispers

As I sit alone in the stillness
Beneath the starry sky
I release my soul through the darkness
In search for the reasons why

Why are hearts so arrogant
Why do they starve for love
Why do they break so easily
Why do they push and shove

Why do they feel so empty
Why can’t anything fill the void
Why are they ever restless
So anxious and annoyed

Why do they burn with anger
When another disagrees
Why are they never satisfied
Why do they lust and greed

My soul returns from the darkness
Revealing whispers of the night
Of where wayward hearts went wrong
And how to make them right

They abandoned their Great Creator
And went their separate ways
Down a dangerous slippery slope
Not counting the price they’d pay.

They surrendered to the Evil One
They believed and trusted his lies
And followed him through the gates of Hell
Where his laughter smothered their cries

The Evil One hates the Creator
And all that He has made
He prowls about in the darkness
Corrupting hearts easily swayed

But there is healing for every heart
Broken and tortured by sin
When asking the Great Creator
To make it whole again

So guard your heart with open eyes
Never sleeping on the job
And be not fooled by the Evil One
He only seeks to rob











The Letter

Like an explosive volcanic eruption
Angry words spewed across the page
Vile
Hateful
Slanderous
As if the Devil himself penned the words
They pierced the heart
Crushed the soul
Provoked a storm within
Revenge! The raging heart screamed
An Eye for an eye
A word for a word
I will have the last say
Then my heart remembered
The treaty it signed
To lay down the weapons
To rid the armor of pride
And put on the shield of
Forgiveness
How the heart struggled
How it longed to get even
But amid the hurt and anger
Arose a heart of victory
And all that remains of the letter
Is ashes in the wind




Daddy, We Need to Talk

Daily writing prompt
Who would you like to talk to soon?
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I cried for you the other night
First time since you left this world
Not that I didn’t love you
But that I thought you didn’t love me
Then I look at this picture
and I see the love in your face
But I needed to feel it in my heart
Did you know I wanted to be a daddy’s girl
To cry in your strong arms
To hear your love songs in my ear
Did you know how my heart ached
To know you
To talk to you
To understand your silence
Did the war kill your soul
Were you suffering in silence
I wanted to know
I needed to know
But I never will
Because you’re gone
And I can’t hear you now
Your silence bore a hole in my soul
It twisted and confused my mind
It made me bitter and angry
At you
At myself
At the world
My heart became a festering boil
Of anger and rage
Striking out against the world
Screaming for love and understanding
Only to receive the double-edged sword
Of fear
Isolation
And rejection
Over and over again
I wanted to hate you
But my heart wouldn’t let me
I wanted to forget you
But your footsteps echo in my brain
I’m letting you go daddy
I no longer need to know and understand
I no longer need your love and support
I found what I need in the ones who love me
Talk to me
Embrace me
Comfort me
And that’s enough
I will always love you daddy
But it’s time for my heart
To set each other free
~Sandi








The Trickster

He lives in my brain
Such a trickster is he
Causing chaos and confusion
And frustration for me
But he doesn’t care
Not one little bit
And continues his mischief
With no plans to quit
I awake from my slumber
With grand plans for the day
To declutter my house
And put everything away
I pick up a box filled with trinkets galore
And begin to plunder
In search for more
So consumed in my frenzy
The hours slipped away
And the house is more cluttered
Then it was yesterday
And the beat goes on
From one day to the next
Till one day for sure
I’m gonna break that trickster’s neck
~Sandi