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  Sep 2016 Phoenix
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why is it that Jesus is my savior
my hope, the king, the ruler of the world
creator of the universe, Immanuel,
the Lamb, the Incarnation, the light,
the way, the truth, the life
alpha, omega, beginning and end
but from all these titles
the one that means most to me
is that He is my friend.
  Sep 2016 Phoenix
Julie Grenness
I heard a joke along the way,
Honk if you love Jesus this way,
Text if you want to meet Him today!
Made me smile, slow down,
No need to rush and frown,
Let's pace ourselves this way,
Slow down on the roads, okay?
Honk if you love Jesus this way,
Text if you want to meet him today!
Let's have a Peace and Happiness Day!
Feedback welcome.
  Sep 2016 Phoenix
Michael Murphy
Trust me
Please take my hand

I'll take you to another land

Where birds still sing
And flowers grow

Mountains spring
And rivers flow

With so much love
To fill the sea

Please accept
This gift from me

Trust me
Please take my hand

I'll take you to a better land
Phoenix Sep 2016
I don't get it
I don't understand
I don't know

I guess the real question is
Do I know anything?

I didn't know Seth would be abusive
I didn't know he would manipulate me
I didn't know he would force me into situations
I didn't want to be in
I didn't know he would use me as a *** toy

I didn't know I'd turn out just like him
I didn't know I'd force all of my emotions
Onto the people I love most
And expect them to fix me

I didn't know I'd lose the man I cared about most in this world
Because I'd mistreat him
Because I'd put so much pressure on him
That he couldn't even function

I didn't know that my little brother
Would look me in the eye
And tell me he didn't care about me

I didn't know, that because of Seth,
I'd be afraid of men for the rest of my life
I didn't know that the littlest thing
Could trigger flashbacks and panic attacks

I didn't know I'd be cursed
With severe depression
And extreme anxiety
I didn't know I'd be on medication
To be society's "normal"

I didn't know anything
I didn't know any of it
I didn't know
But here I am
Stuck with all of these things that I've learned
With all of the things, I didn't know
But that I know now

I sort of wish, I still didn't know
All of the things I know
I wish I didn't know because that way
I wouldn't be so broken
I wouldn't be so hurt
And I wouldn't drag everyone down with me

But now I know
All of these things
That I didn't know
And I'm stuck with it
The past, present, and future

I'm still learning
I'm still thinking
I'm still regretting
But I keep moving
Because I have to
Even though there is a lot that I don't know
Phoenix Sep 2016
What a sick game
A game of chess I can't seem to win
I'm a pawn
Being moved back and forth
But no matter where I go
It's a checkmate

I'm so close to the edge
I'm looking into the pit of depression
I know he's down there
He's always down there
Yet

Here I stand
On the edge
Even with the knowledge of his destruction

What a bittersweet mentality
Things are so sweet and peaceful
Then it suddenly tastes bitter in my mouth

My words turn into cement
Closing my throat
And suffocating me

So close to the edge
I can see over the pit
I can see the other side
But I'm afraid to jump
I'm afraid to go for it
Because of this bittersweet mentality

I'd get there
To the other side
And I'd be happy
But then I'd fall
Fall into the deepest, darkest pits of depression

So I stay on this side
Trying to find away across
Pacing back and forth
Like a pawn on a chess board
Trying to solve an endless puzzle

I feel like I'm about to fall
But I'm fighting
I feel like I'm going to lose
But I know I'm going to win

I won't let this bittersweet mentality
Rule my life anymore
I'll get through this
By myself
Or with the help of those around me

I will get through this

No thanks to my bittersweet mentality
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