To my children and grandchildren People will fail you
Don't think it strange when someone attacks!
A person you hold dear ,stabs you in the back!
Learn from God's word that all people are flawed.
To God nothing about our behavior is odd!
Many times I hung around people, just to appear cool.
Then regretted it the next day, how I looked like a fool!
Attempted to try things and...
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Categories:
forgiveness, 12th grade, addiction, drink,
Form: Rhyme
The Addiction Nobody Sees- Part 02Don’t talk to me about self-control
If you’ve never cried in your bed
After trying to quit for the 50th time.
Don’t tell me “it’s just a phase”
If you’ve never looked at yourself in the mirror
And hated what you became.
And don’t you dare say, “Everybody watches ****.”
Because that’s the problem.
This generation is overdosing on pleasure
And starving for purpose.
Sex...
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Categories:
forgiveness, 12th grade, addiction, depression,
Form: Spoken Word
The Addiction Nobody Sees - Part 01It’s a warning.
If I perish, I perish
But I will not shut up.
Lust is not love.
**** is not harmless.
Masturbation is not a phase.
I lived it
Not ‘cause I was raised wrong,
But because sin crept in through a simple ad at twelve.
Yeah, twelve.
One click, and my innocence died behind a glowing screen.
Don’t tell me this is normal.
Normal ain’t...
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Categories:
forgiveness, 12th grade, addiction, desire,
Form: Spoken Word
Redeemed
Rest in the moments poured out with the rain,
silent stories, meant to reveal God’s truth…
Every ache, each sorrow, throughout the worst pain,
there is a gentle knowing that love is the way…
Rest in the news that God has come to save us from sin,
know He’ll never forsake those He forgives…
Every dark moment, despite the shadows, He...
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Categories:
forgiveness, appreciation, christian, gospel, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Blessed Husband and DadI'm most grateful dad in this world.
Blessed with a wife 2 boys and 3 girls.
They brought meaning to my life.
I could not ask for a better wife.
Whenever I were feeling down.
God would send one of you around.
Forgive me for the times I'd overreact.
I wish someway I could get them back.
I am human just like you.
And...
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Categories:
forgiveness, blessing, children, dad, family,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
forgiveness, allusion, humanity, perspective,
Form: Haiku
Tilting For A FallCheated on, she's not messing around; one foot already out the door" - quote by poet.
just a p u s h...
all that is needed to timber
the foundation of dreams.
his unfaithfulness,
though forgiven,
...
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Categories:
betrayal, conflict, forgiveness, marriage,
Form: Narrative
FORGIVEForgive the day, the sun did not shine, for we needed the cloud to bring the rain.
Forgive the mother and father, that was not perfect, for they loved you with all they had.
Forgive the friend who hurt you, for they were misunderstood.
Forgive the wife and husband who left you, for they did...
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Categories:
forgiveness, america, loss, love, love
Form: Rhyme
And when you think of forgiveness, let time come to a standstillAnd when you think of forgiveness, let time come to a standstill,
Do not rush to seek foreign faces in the mists of the past,
Think of yourself as a garden waiting to bloom.
Forgive yourself for the dreams that did not take flight under your sky,
For the beginnings that never knew an end,
For the shadows you carried,...
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Categories:
forgiveness, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
He Sees MeThere is a soul that He doth see
It lies buried deep within
Who can see through my sullen eyes
The fatigue, the fear, the deception.
I held it close for fear of those
Seeing raw, obvious truth
For once can I let it go? No…
I might try, but trust now needs to flow.
His eyes pierced through my aching cell
I exchange...
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Categories:
birth, feelings, forgiveness, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Heartbreak's Redemption
In the garden, penumbra deep,
A heart so heavy, it could not sleep.
Betrayed by those He came to save,
A love so pure, it could not cave.
Upon the cross, His arms spread wide,
In our place, crucified.
The nails of heartbreak held Him there,
A burden of sorrow, too great for us to bear.
For every tear, for every sin,
He bore...
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Categories:
bible, faith, forgiveness, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Hey Dad!Hey Dad!
Hey Dad! Is that you knocking at the door outside?
I'm excited to let you know how great was my first horse ride.
Mom was waiting for you on the couch — another quiet night.
Is your job so hard? Well, I hope everything's alright.
Good night Dad.
Hey Dad! Today's my 7th birthday!
My friends were looking for you...
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Categories:
forgiveness, childhood, family, father son,
Form: Narrative
Twelve Small StepsThere are many who might say, “It’s no big deal.”
Or argue that it’s just what I deserve.
But I’ve tried to come to grips with what I feel
In my attempt to break out of that curve.
There are lessons that I’ve tried hard to avoid.
I’ve found, eventually, they must be learned.
If I stayed where right I was...
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Categories:
forgiveness, growth,
Form: Rhyme
IN PRAISE OF DIVINE LIBERATION
IN PRAISE OF DIVINE LIBERATION
I once wallowed in apathy,
I once had bad feelings
Of being unworthy;
Struggling with failure:-
In anger, I once felt
God had abandoned me,
Until a keloid memory
Of a childhood lesson
In gracious spirituality,
Massaged my aching soul;
And with amazing divine
Wisdom and guidance,
I became blessed
With the healing awareness
That lesson had taught:-
In renewed soul searching prayer,
I sought...
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Categories:
allegory, endurance, forgiveness, inspirational,
Form: Prose
It’s Grace Who Saved
It’s grace that remembers me when I feel lonely
Grace who reminds me that God still loves me
It’s grace who tells me that my soul is worthy
Grace that fulfills me when I know I’m imperfect
It’s grace who allows me to let go of the past
Grace who forgives me for all those sin filled shadows
It’s grace who...
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Categories:
forgiveness, appreciation, blessing, christian, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
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