Reaching out my tainted hands Empty of purity Discord, my identity Eclipsed by the world and ‘of the World’, Mundane… my priority. Prints of destruction Taking a toll on my soul In all of this, Offered He, His hands of Love to me, Never a [...]

Aching bones and fading goals Fainting knees and weeping lips Forms, overburdened by affliction’s kiss And we laid still, like a silent wind. Then, In all honor and humility notwithstanding His majesty descended; Journeying through the gates of [...]

The world, comes to us in the form of a balloon, we, go to it dressed like cacti, and wail, about the noise it makes when it bursts upon us, We long to be redeemed. “Touch me. Hold me,” we say to it. “For that, you have to undress,” it responds. [...]

“Redemption is the pathway that is trailed by perpetual light. -Thompson Emate   Freedom from the night Walking towards the light Darkness seeks for the escaped souls It’s like running on hot coals. The light beckons on us We’re led to [...]

I spent my life in a haze, a suspended animation With every breath taking me farther from the surface And every sigh pulling me deeper into the void.   I never had grand ambitions, nor did I keep any lofty aspirations For which one would [...]

In the stillness of the night, Shadows dance, unseen by light. Battles rage, a silent plight, Consuming hearts, a hidden blight. Emotions swirl, a tempestuous sea, Thoughts surge, a cacophony. Yet outward calm, a masquerade be, Concealing the [...]

I came out with the Truth To the Truth and All hands picked up stones, I come out to the Truth With the Truth and Everybody riots, Easier if you knew Who the enemy was! It’s sad… Flesh of My Flesh They got You Hooked! Shared heritage into [...]

We are caged, In the privilege we call home A neat place, peaceful, Overlooking suffering. They are caged In the violence they call home At the hands of our privilege They suffer so we benefit. It’s in the cobalt we use, The copper, the minerals [...]

So what if I pray? Will He hear me when I call? What would I even say? Will he pick me up if I fall? Sometimes I rue the day I claimed to be having a ball Clueless of the price to pay Climbing a mountain way too tall The highs were great But [...]

Broken triads ring out Into the quiet night, Soft words fall deaf dry tears fight Vacant emotions! Nothing is risked So nothing is lost In silent scuffles! But oooh! The cost Oh god! The cost. Girl I can see The light in your eyes That pierces [...]

In hidden wars, we fight alone Battles rage, though none may know The scars we bear, the tears we’ve cried The weight of secrets, we cannot deny The masks we wear, the smiles we fake Conceal the pain, the hearts that ache The silent struggles, [...]

My pillow is a sympathetic flower I soak its trustworthy roots in starlit tears Drowning the day’s final hours In the pain I’ve harvested throughout the year Its cotton tongue licks the sorrows from my eyes I allow it to savor the salt on my [...]