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 Sep 2013
Matty Graham
In shallow waters small fish swim,
Circling to get their feed.
Desperate and needy, with no one for comfort,
They grew no taller than me.

When you sink your ankles just enough,
so that your hands can never get wet.
You'll find yourself open as the dark night sky,
Yet stained by its clouds of death.

A heart is worth so much more,
than all shallow sea's have to offer.
Sail close too close where the waves always break,
and you'll find it hard to break anchor.

In shallow sea's ive drowned,
My heart it had sailed away.
But in the deep its been found,
I just hope that your here to stay.
This poem is about uncommitted and shallow relationships. Its something i used to deal with years ago. I just managed to reminisce and write about how it used to be.
I notice as well, I like to exaggerate lots of ideas in my poems as well. Saying that, my past isn't anywhere near as bad as these words could make it sound.
God has a plan and will for our life. Not a shallow, distant, unfair, or bad will. His will is perfect. (In the bible God is always portrayed as our Father, because that is exactly what he is). God being our Father, has the best plans for our life's, plans for good. Plans for GOOD! So don't go selling yourself out to relationships that aren't good, that will bring you harm, or that you don't want to be in. The more we try to find that special person ourselves, the less room we are leaving for Gods plans to flourish in our lives. And no matter what our past is, God can make us clean again.
Hope these words (not just a depressive poem) helps someone out :)
Peace!
 Sep 2013
Robert Blankenship
Heaven must be
A beautiful home
For loved ones we know
That have already gone
A beautiful land
Full of eternal day
Where those here we loved
Now in eternity wait
Where the music is so sweet
And all sounds are so fair
Rivers like glass
In that land over there
The birds how they sing
Songs of sweet praise
In a land that knows not
The ending of days
 Sep 2013
Lorraine day
The road is narrow
But forever long
Most days I walk
Or stumble along
Often it's bumpy
Rarely smooth
Sometimes I question
Choices I choose
Never clear of direction
We do not know
Just what is ahead
As we go
some times are good
Some leave us sad
Take the rough with smooth
Good with the bad
Remember this !your not alone
Can't write him a letter
Nor pick up the phone
But no matter  how bad things seem today
He's waiting and listening
For you to pray
His name is Jesus
Our guiding light
There in the morning
Till last thing at night
His hand is outstretched
Reaching down from above
Offering All
( Unconditional  Love.  )
 Sep 2013
Fish The Pig
Ana
What kind of society do we live in that makes people feel this way?

I told myself I would never succumb,
I pace back and forth with tears streaming down my face
telling myself again and again
"I'm strong I'm strong"

I look in the mirror
and I beg to see something beautiful.
I beg to find pretty,
but I have yet to see it.
"You're beautiful You're beautiful"
I tell myself again and again
But I never believe it.

I collapse to the ground, sobbing
because I've failed.
six water bottles
and feeling sick
as that hopeless feeling takes over me.

I look in the mirror
and beg for a sign that I'm okay
something to tell me I don't have to do this.

But there I end up,
crippled over the toilet
vomiting my insecurities.

What else can you do.
You starve yourself but nothing changes,
You exercise none stop
but you stay the same.

You've thrown away the food in the house
to keep the bare, healthy minimum.

Nothing changes.
Nothing but shivers
and a voice
that knows you'll do anything for a touch;
Maybe if I'm skinny,
I won't be alone.
Maybe,
Someone will find me pretty enough to ask if I'm okay.
I wouldn't have to sit here sobbing
feeling hopeless.

But nothing changes.
Nothing changes and I can't stop the tears.
Looking into that horrific mirror,
Looking back at that red,
pudgy,
unpleasant face
mocking me.

A broken body

with a  broken mind

what else can I do,

when nothing changes?
 Sep 2013
Ahmad Cox
I feel God in my heart
I know that God is real
I know that God is the
Creator of all things
I know that we are
All the children of
God and I know
That his love and
Grace and mercy
Lies in everything
We tend to have
This view of God
As being this angry
Patriarch spitting out
Commandments and
Rules that nobody can
Possibly live by and
If we do even one
Thing wrong he
Will smite us in
His anger and
In his fury but
God is a God of
Love and peace
He wants to offer
That peace to our
Hearts when life
Gets rough or
Help us to grow
And learn in his
Ways so that we
May see better
And know better
And understand
Just how beautiful
His children really
Are and just how
Beautiful our mother
Truly is as well
He wants us to
Call him Father
Because he really
Does see us as his
Children and even
When we might
Stray away from
His light and his
Love he is always
There to catch us
With his loving
Arms ready to
Return us back
To the everlasting
Flock that we all
Belong to from
The beginning
To the end of time
 Sep 2013
brooke
can you imagine
God scattering stars
like marbles.
(c) Brooke Otto 2013
 Sep 2013
Lorraine day
When someone shows us kindness
It always seems to be
That the good lord up above
Is watching over me
He speaks to us so often
In many different ways

He left his word to teach us
About the kind of love
That pays
When We see a sunset
You can feel him
Standing near
Or when you hear a melody
That banishes
Our fear


I see him in a garden
When it's in full bloom
His essence in the aroma
Of the beautiful perfume

I hear him in the sound
Of a new born babies cry
I see him through
The beauty of a gentle butterfly

I feel his gentle spirit
in a summer breeze
His strength I see strong standing tall
Through the vision of the trees
He touches our hearts in many ways
I've no doubt that he's there
We only have to look around
To see he's everywhere
 Sep 2013
Lorraine day
Whenever I am troubled
By uncertainty and care
I read my holy bible
The answers always there
The covers old it's frayed and worn
Discoloured now with age
But the knowledge and the truths within
On every single page
The parable of the sower a favourite that I read
As Jesus speaks unto the crowd explains about the seed
So many proverbs to be found
To show us every day
Lots of wisdom left to help
guide along the way
If ever you are lost not found
Thinking no ones there to care
Just read your holy bible
As the answers always there ....
 Sep 2013
Lorraine day
Be as patient - as a new bud flowering into bloom
Be as Inspiring -as the rose sweet as its perfume
Be as kind -leaving no room for resentment to be found
Be not envious nor arrogant-  spreading encouragement
All around
Be not one to hold a grudge
No records of wrong keep
Be compassionate
Embrace
All you come across  who weep
Be the one that people turn to
Harbour not a selfish glare
Be the one who gives their time
To all that need your care
Be reliable just listen
Show the gentleness of a dove

Follow these instructions
Sew the beautiful seed. of      Love ........
This poem was inspired by my favourite parable.  1 Corinthians 13.  If we all acted upon these words the world would be a better place.
 Sep 2013
Carl Joseph Roberts
Only In a Dream

I see an empty place beside me
As I close my eyes to dream
Knowing when I drift away
You will still be here with me

I'll see your smile and hear your voice
Feel a love that we once shared
And all the pain of missing you
Will seem to somehow disappear

I'll realize only when I wake
That it was just a dream
Then try to close my eyes again
And pray you're still with me

Each new morning as I rise
I see that you're not here
  I must wait until the evening comes
To show you how I care

A new evening comes, I drift to sleep
And I feel you next to me
Holding hands as we share our lives
But it's only in a dream

Carl Joseph Roberts
 Sep 2013
Carl Joseph Roberts
Closure

I feel a difference inside my soul
A calming peace within
Knowing I can now let go
And begin my life again

No longer will I waist my days
And try to change your heart
I will not long for your touch
I now make a brand new start

I give myself to me alone
And start my life out new
Begin to love a different way
And release my heart from you

The love we shared is in the past
A memory filled with tears
A new journey on a different path
I begin without you here

I feel a difference inside my soul
A calming peace within
Knowing I can now let go
And begin my life again

Carl Joseph Roberts
Written as I watch those going into and out of Domestic Relations court. Seeing at times a reliefe on a face after being divorced. A love once there no longer but a new day can begin. Please know that new love, new friends and a new life can happen if you look at life differently after divorce.
 Sep 2013
Robert Blankenship
Someday when my life is over
And I cross the crystal sea
My saviours hand outstretched
Will be reaching out to me
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