grief & love occur in tandem
My pain persists, however my heart is no longer closed to love. I have invited others to sit beside me, which has made the unbearable of life – bearable. I have learned that grief and love occur in tandem, and without feeling the former, the latter would cease to exist. While it is a searing…
this beating heart
I hear my heart beat loudly against my ribs, How I thought I had no heart Yet here it is, Thrumming life to my body.
still glows
I wrote this last year, while living in the south of France. I adored feeling like a butterfly that flits in and out, without letting anyone really know me. I existed with a quiet sadness and loud joviality. I am a figment of your imagination – an elusive being you never knew, an ebullient light…
Go where it’s warm
Go where it’s warm, where the flowers grow and there is a soft sunlit glow. Go where it’s safe, where expression is invited, and your presence is desired. Go where you find love, where sweetness is found with ease, and peace, like a river, flows free. Go where it’s warm.
Psalm 13
1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? 3 Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,4 and my enemy will say, “I…
Can I tear my heart out now?
How much is the heart capable of holding? For how long will my heart mold and morph to various affections? I continue to seek that which has been torn from me. My placeholders shatter me more each time. How has the love I once so easily held left me? Jesus, be near me as I…
under the California sun
Today, I blew bubblesunder the Californian sun.They danced and dazzled before me,each little universefloating away. As the breeze carried theminto that infinite blue abyss above,I sat downand gently peeled backthe soft rind of my clementine.I dropped one of thoseperfectly pocketed slicesonto the fresh bed of grassbeneath me. A voice from the kitchencalled my name.Too entranced…
On finding peace & purpose amidst deep pain
Having peace means believing that God is for you, loves you, and will protect you. Sometimes circumstances may flood our hearts with sorrow, but God promises to never leave us and we can find comfort in this. One day our days of sorrow will come to an end. Until then, we must navigate the world…
Healer of hearts, where are you?
Where is my antidote?Healer of hearts, where are you?Will you rescue me from my distress?Men’s empty embrace cannot caress the wounds only you see.A strange man plants a soft kiss on my cold cheek,yet feels how I do not shift.Beside my bedside table lie empty prescription bottles—they cannot medicate my soul, my mind.I beg for…
A Prayer for the Lost and Suffering
Father, Why did I ever depart from your benevolent hands? Your mercy and love, goodness and grace never left me. You are the source of all that is light in this world. Though sorrow floods my heart, your rod and your staff, they comfort me. May those who know me know your gentle kindness and…
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