Poems I wrote ages ago

Ever Flowing

Time flows as water
A slow stream, a fast river
but ever flowing

My past cannot be
grasped once more in my two hands
just as the water

Slipping through the gap
the water passes me by
Fading memory

Precious fleeting time
Remember my dearest friends
your joys and sorrows

Time flows as water
a slow stream, a fast river
but ever flowing

Free

Darkness closes upon me as tears cloud my eyes
All hope I once had away from me flies
Does no one see my pain?
Does no one hear my cries?

The tombs are filled with friends and family
Some have only emptiness, others hostility
There is no laughter in this cold place
Is there One to whome we can take our pleas?

Fear and doubt take my sight
So that I cannot walk in this night
Bound tightly by my chains, I am trapped
Without one to free me from my plight

A voice of beauty calls to me as I give up my fight
Who is this One clothed in holy light?
He says, "Come to me all who are weary,
My yolk is easy and My burden light."

My heart quails. I long to flee
As cold as darkness is, it hides my iniquity.
I sob, "Lord, I've done so much wrong!"
"My child," He says as He releases me,

"I died so that you can be free."


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How long do we bear our wounds
never letting others see our pains?
We bury them, hide them, ignore them
hoping that no one sees our weakness.

Days, weeks, months, even years pass,
and we think the pain is over and gone.
A cutting word, a passing joke, a cruel prank
and the pain crushes us once more

even darker than before

We think that it's better to disguise our fear
from the gaze of others' eyes,
But deep in our souls we desperately need
a friend to help bear the ever-growing burden

The wounds deepen
leaving scars on our souls
Never healing, only growing
Until we break and fall apart

yet no one knows

Except for the One
who knows our every pain,
every scar, every sorrow
and cries along with us.

He longs for us to reach out to Him
to comfort us, give us strength
To take the heavy burden from our shoulders

And place it on His own.