Fear Free Verse Poems

There's no speed limit, we have no breaks
Treacherous conditions, living high stakes
When will we crash? Step on the gas
Spun on the ice, hydroplane
Just how long...

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You entered my silence like a violin bow dragged with blood through shattered stained glass
I sewed your laughter under my eyelids and lungs, and the...

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Strength is not the ability to ignore pain, nor is it the absence of pain and fear. Strength is the ability to be level-headed through...

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Jesus did not say "worship me," but rather "follow me,"
a vast difference, like a sunrise that illuminates the path,
one gives you the power to rise,...

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The tongue, a nimble acrobat,
leaps across the chasm,
a phrase so light, a breath released:
easier said than done.

It dances on air,
unburdened by the weight
of calloused hands,
of...

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FLY FLY FLY AWAY

Lift the burdens from my heart
 this weight that feels so heavy
 tear it apart with your joy and your love 
let...

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I think I hear whispers floating through my mind,
It's the voice of someone I held dear-
I remember the days when games were the only stress...

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In the stillness and darkness of the night

I lay in my bed and my thoughts begin to wonder

I wonder what is life really all about

Wonder...

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I Believe

I believe in the teachings of Jesus
and the power of loving my neighbor.
I see us all as children of God—
my Creator, the Source of...

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The heart is a tapestry loosely sewn together with thread, each string a different section of the brain. Connecting the family string to the feelings...

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The night stood, 
veiled like a nun.
     Wherever she looked,
         She saw...

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So many ways to say one thing
More than one way to turn pawn to king
Too many turns to the grocery store
Which turn shall I take?

Countless...

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Memories of whip-lashing words 
steeped me deep into a roil of rancid oil
my soul a weeping blistered sore  
my heart a gangrene amputee 
pus-green-memories...

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I am not the figure in the glass,
Stiff and hollow, a shell of the past.
When its reflection catches my eye,
Hatred blooms, and I ask why.

Fear...

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You're afraid of dying—
but tell me, are you truly alive?
You might say yes,
but haven’t you buried a thousand dreams?
Let them rot quietly in the corners...

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