StrangeFruit

StrangeFruit Jun 2018

I try to close off the world around me
But it's hard
I try to see myself the way you see me
But it's hard
I try to live my life the way you lived yours
But it's hard
Just tell me when does it get easy?

StrangeFruit Jun 2018

Let Me See

Take off your mask and let me see.
Who you are and who you want to be.
Hidden behind your anger and sadness.
I can't see you when you stand in the blackness.
So when the light comes don't cringe away.
Let it cleanse the pain in your heart that was never meant to stay.

StrangeFruit Jun 2017

Restless

Roads are ahead
Filled with so many thoughts and questions
My emotions are dead
Doubt creeps in at every turn
I Listen to the seductive logic
Will I ever learn?

Auto pilot kicks in
Walking, eating, breathing
All second nature to sin
Eyes open again
I try to find the right path
Not wanting to go down one like the last
However, choosing the right one is equivalent to complicated math

Show me Your footsteps so that I can follow
Don't allow my heart to become more hollow
Open my eyes and my soul to see You
I'm begging for Your mercy
Because I'm restless walking to the road You're leading me to.

#spoken #word #restless #god

StrangeFruit Mar 2017

Fallen

Stuck in this world where I don't belong
Praying to God I won't have to stay here too long
I can feel you crawling under my skin
While I'm going through these endless circles
Running from you again
Every time I try and open my eyes to see
This broken world blinds me

I was never mean't to belong here
Where broken promises lie
Set me free from this misery
Give back my wings so I can fly
I was never mean't to belong here
So at times I want to cry
I need your grace and I'm starving for your mercy
Don't leave me here to die

#broken #god #angel #grace #fallen #mercy

StrangeFruit Mar 2017

Empty

I have nothing to bring but these empty hands.
My eyes can't see and my legs can't stand.
My heart stumbles on things I don't know.
And my life feels like it's just another show.
If you understand this then you understand me.
I cannot guide others if I am unable to see.

StrangeFruit Feb 2017

Your Presence

As it breaks through the clouds I lift my head to feel the warmth the sun provides.
With a steady breath I breathe in natures perfect scent.
I walk and my mind is calm.
I feel nothing except this overwhelming sense of peace.
And as I watch the trees dance along to a melody only they can hear, I think of You.
Your presence takes over me and my heart becomes free.
I find myself wrapped in an embrace that my mere human words cannot express.
Time keeps moving on but my heart seems to wait.
I close my eyes as You lead me to the truth that will cleanse my broken mind.

#god #nature #enlightenment

StrangeFruit Feb 2017

Souls Collide

I saw this beautiful soul drifting towards me.
She was carried by the waves of life to my lonely island.
I embraced her with open arms.
My solitude had gone on for far too long.
I think hers had too.
Opening up and letting her in was one of the hardest parts.
Yet it came so easily.
My heart formed words so fast that my mind didn't have time to comprehend all that I told her.
She accepted everything I said with no signs of judgement.
I listened to every word she was willing to share with me.
I heard all of the happiness as well as all of the pain.
And I loved the person I saw within her.
I'm still a prisoner of my own mind.
Trapped behind these walls that I have built.
But I was ready for someone to see me.
And my heart chose her.

#love #soul #soulmate

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