Author Dana Redricks
October 17, 2023
In the depths of solitude, I often ponder, am I worthy of love, or destined to wander? Rejected and wounded, never truly embraced, lost in a sea of tears, consumed by fears unlaced.
Do any souls comprehend this ache within me? The longing to be loved, accepted, set free? Yearning for solace, for a gentle touch, to erase the scars of rejection, to heal so much.
In the realm of darkness, my heart does weep, but within this pain, a secret I keep. For there lies a spark, a flicker of light, a belief that someday, things will be set right.
I seek understanding, a compassionate ear, someone to hold me close, to draw near. To see beyond the surface, into my soul, embracing my flaws, making me whole.
Oh, to be loved, cherished, without condition, to banish this feeling of constant inhibition. For in love's sweet embrace, I yearn to dwell, to rise above this ocean, where loneliness fell.
So, I'll search and I'll hope, and I'll never cease, for a love that will grant my weary heart peace. And until that day comes, I'll hold on tight, believing that love shall conquer the darkest night.
I've built a fortress round my weary heart
which cannot be penetrated by your arrows and darts
the moat around it is frozen to its core
with a no ice skating sign hanging on my front door
your excuses are lame regarding your eminent domain
my drawbridge is now officially closed from all your pain
6-17-18
In my dry, and weary heart
Lord, you are the rain!
In my shattered dream
Lord, your love comes rushing, glide me with hope!
In my unending storms
Lord, your peace held my heart in the safest corner!
When the ship of my dwelling place wrecked
When I find myself nowhere to fit
When all I see is thirst and hunger
When everyone I call as my own, deserted me
You pat my back, and showed me the narrow way to the cross.
You embraces me with your everlasting mercy!
You saw me empty and naked
And you called me your own
You waste not each tear drop that falls from my eyes.
You are the light that shines when darkness blurred my sight.
I am assured, you surely calm the roaring seas and silent the crashing sound!
Oh weary grows my heart, my heart of fickle dames
who troth eternal love, yet o'er night die the flames.
A year not even shined upon our ever vows
uncouth became to you, strange and foreign am now.
A broken body
A shattered heart
A lonely soul
A dashed hope
is how his heart found mine
Found to mould what is left of it
More than a mate he is
Care and concern he brought along
with enduring love to flavour them
A perfect body
A warm blood
A big heart
and a youthful look
all sealed in one body
With promise of more
A heart broken by love
It’s said can only be healed by love
But this duo,
A broken body and shattered heart
this cannot heal.
and what can heal it
I know not
A crushed hope it can fix not
This love is not mine
she sings at dawn and dusk
Oh, how I have waited so long for you
Now that I can have it not
Now that I can keep it not
It comes a calling
on a heart oozing blood
on a body
not fit for a savage.
Love for a spurting heart
Passion for a damaged body
Oh fate!
Oh love!
How cruel art thou.
The baleful words you say,
Leave painful scars in me
Permitting them to possess my heart
Oppressively.
Withstanding the bitterness and pain
You caused,
Conquering and diminishing me
By using your atrocity,
Feeling sadness flowing violently,
Warding happiness away,
Filling my eyes with hurtful tears
And meaningful pain,
Feeling the darkness reign.
God,
You’re my ally,
You’re the one I stand still for,
Forgive my sins,
Ease my pain,
Reborn the me in me again...
Weary heart
Like a thorny rose
Each prick blisters
Representing accumulated blows
Now thickly glazed
Cautious & patient these days
Yet not withered tart
This frosty rose
Immediately froze
Crimson cloved
Armor lost in a doze
Stranger, I'm agile
Cannot view me fragile
Straw-like and green stemmed
Silky petals easily unhemmed
Vulnerably swaying in an evening breeze
Keep your distance, please
To the chosen few
I ask, “Will I ever learn
To let my guard down to you?"