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Religion*

Shallow comfort
and empty peace.
This is Christ?

Cold shoulders
and two faces.
This is the Church?

What has society
warped us into?
Christians with dead faith.

When we were dead,
He offered us life!

When we were hurt,
He soothed our pain.

Lord, cast away!
Cast away my fear
of being judged.

Lord, strengthen me!
Give me strength
to glorify You!

Take away
my shallow desires
of worldly things.

Break the chains
of my inhibition.
I want to live like Christ.

*This isn't actually old. I wrote it like last night.

Isaiah 41:13**

Fill me up
Fill me up
take away my leprosy
Take away the pain.

Fill me up
Fill me up
I promise to give you
everything I have.

You've wiped away my shame
now I am guiltless.
I am empty
needing to be filled.

Only you
only you
I have died
no longer a slave.

"Do not fear!"
Isaiah cries-
his words,
Your words are true.

How can we fear?
The Lord of Lords,
King of Kings,
holds us in His hand!

What is faith?
It is believing
That the Creator has told us
He knows each hair on our head.

This world of science and skeptics
scoff and patronize.
Laughing, they call His Word
mere bedtime stories.

**I edited out the last bit because it didn't work really.

Childhood Summers

Sunlight streams to the earth, and
the leaves turn to emeralds.
Catching the light every which way.

The breeze,
soft, sweet, and smelling of childhood summers,
kisses my face.

The bumble bees bumble-hum bye,
the soft bzz-bzz mixing with the sound of a distant John Deere.
The gentle perfume of fresh cut grass
mingled with a tinge of gasoline and asphault
make up the summer air.

It's hot hot hot
but it feels so good.
Turning my face to the true blue sky,
my heart starts to smile
and I pray
a simple Thank You.

Ouch

Head pounding
Eyes aching
I squint into that bright, hateful light.
How could sunshine be my enemy?
I guess headaches turn the world
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Truth

Truth is a word that's lost it's meaning.
Lies run wild
and the people are screaming.

I swear I'm telling the truth!
he cries,
he lies.

He sleeps at night,
dreaming sweet dreams.
Truth?
What is truth?

Truth is a word that's lost it's meaning.

A nameless face
among the blur.

Tell me the truth.
What?

Desperate

Standing on the brink
of meltdown- Mach Four.
Crazy thoughts racing-
I'm about to hit the floor.

Dying to jump and scream
"This isn't me!
A lot is expected
but I'm not who I'm expected to be!"

I know I can't please everyone,
believe me, I won't try.
But I can't stand your lectures,
your judgment, or your lie.

I'm not my father,
I'm not my mother.
I can only be me,
not any other.

The stress is too much,
it's pulling me under.
I'm always in tears,
or making a blunder.

I can't do this any more,
you heard me, I'm done.
I won't live this life,
'cuz it sure ain't fun.

Maybe you thought I was strong
and maybe I was once.
But this world is hard,
makes you feel like a dunce.

I've been punched in the gut
once too many times,
seen too much heartache,
and too many crimes.

The fight is not in me,
my passion burned out.
Is silence really golden?
Cuz they sound like they know what they're about.

So this is good-bye
so long, and farewell.
Don't ask me why,
I've told everything left to tell.

Help

Wide eyes staring
heat flashes down my skin
hurrying
scurrying
those staring eyes averted
mind & heartbeat racing.
Thinking
I'm no one, I promise, I'm no one.
If they see me
I'm worse than dead, I'm broken.
My careful mask and sickly sweet smile destroyed.
They'll see through my lies,the cover-ups
I'm no one, I promise , I'm no one.
Mocking laughter,
in my head
my own
mocking
laughter
But don't you wish you were someone?
You're pathetic.
You'll never be anyone,
just another faceless name
among the herd.
Following forever.

Phoenix

Like smoke,
beauty is gone.
Blown away by
the bitter wind of sin.

Our hearts and souls,
minds and bodies,
are mangled, dirty,
and twisted without You.

But like a phoenix,
Christ has risen me
above the ashes of this broken and burning world.

How beautiful is the sweet release.
How free am I
captured in His arms.
He will catch me when I fall.