and Purposeful Prose
Photo credit goes to Pixabay.com user 652234 (Appropriate. That sounds like a prison ID) Irritable (Stuck) I want to move forward But I feel as if I'm sliding backwards It's like trying to hold on with both hands, but losing grip with one. I want to believe boldly And trust that God's timing is perfect [...]
I thought I deleted this first poem. Why? I believed it wasn't good enough. More so because it's so honest. Too honest. Then I was praying one morning, and I used the words "sinking like a stone." Immediately this poem came to my mind. I regretted deleting it, but then I remembered it was probably [...]
Hearts on sleeves often get squeezed Sometimes crushed unknowingly Rubbed the wrong way By the words people say But lack of words Can do the same. So what do you do With a silly soft heart? It's better soft boiled Than stubbornly hard… --- Egg metaphors? Really? A soft boiled heart? Really? That came out [...]
Night was falling, and he always fell so fast Her hopes were high, but they all at once were dashed Melancholy was a persistent companion But Joy was faithfully her strongest champion Coaxing her out of every jeering day Reminding her that tomorrow would faithfully guide the way Hope was on the horizon, and what [...]
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