Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
 
 Apr 2015 Eris
AD Sifford
Doubt is the most poisonous of all seeds
It has the power to destroy everything you have ever known
And I am in the midst of it

God, please help me
Lead me to the doors of your salvation--
Up the steps of your mercy,
Into the Abode of your love,
That I might abide there within it

Call me by the name of your Child
and let that title never be revoked
Never again
If it ever was, or ever has been

Let me live securely in you forever
All the days of my life
Forever, then forever more

Wrapped by your presence,
Held by your grace,
And standing on the truth of your Word,
The Lamb,
Jesus, and in his Name Alone,
Yours, God,
I pray Amen, Amen, and Amen

All power, and glory,
and honor, and praise,
Forever and ever,
Then forever more
To my Savior, my King, and my God
|Written & posted August 26th, 2014|

Normally I go in order of date written, but this little bonus poem is one I posted on the day I wrote it. The usual chronological order picks up again right after this one.


© 2017 A.D. Sifford.
I'm okay with you sharing my poems, but I ask that you show courtesy. Please be honest about the authorship by attributing it to my name. Thank you,
- Sifford
 Apr 2015 Eris
AD Sifford
Sometimes we all just feel like giving up
Sometimes we feel like we're just too far gone
To be welcome by the One who made it all
So far we fall

But the truth is He loves us through it all
And the truth is we can never fall
Where we are too far gone
Where we're too far gone
You're never too far gone

Sometimes the walls press in on us too hard
Sometimes we break into the dark beyond
And when life is hitting harder than you're strong
It won't let up
But don't give up!

The truth is He loves us through it all
And the truth is we can never fall
Where we are too far gone (gone)
Where we're too far gone (gone)
You're never too far gone
|Written October 30, 2011|

I never actually finished this one. The second verse was a temporary placeholder, and after the second chorus there was supposed to be a bridge, which I never wrote, then a final chorus. Overall I was never satisfied with it, and as it stands the lyrics are far too shallow for my taste.
While Too Far Gone is based in my former religious beliefs, perhaps I'd like to reincarnate the root idea into a new song sometime in the future. But this particular version is no longer at work-in-progress status, so I'm posting it in accordance with my goal of tracking a viewable journey of myself through poetry over the years.

© 2017 A.D. Sifford.
I'm okay with you sharing my poems, but I ask that you show courtesy. Please be honest about the authorship by attributing it to my name. Thank you,
- Sifford
 Apr 2015 Eris
AD Sifford
I don't really know what to say
But I've got to say something
Because I'm buried deep in your grace
It's piling up on me
'Cause time and time again I sin
But you've forgiven me
You do not condemn me

Lord I don't really know what to do
So again I come to You
In hopes that you will give me the strength
I need to finally change
'Cause I'm drowning in this sin
This sin that's holding me
God come and set me free

It's time for me to be the man
You created me to be
O God, I need You; take my soul
It's in You I shall be free
I'd die to live for You, My King
And I'll do anything
Just take my heart and dig me out
From this sin that's holding me

I don't really know what to say
But I'm crying out to You
And I will do whatever it takes
Lord, bring me home to You
God cleanse my heart and wash my stains
O, make this spirit new

'Cause here I am, deep in your grace
Just crying out to You
From deep, I call to You,
God make this Spirit new

My merciful, loving God
So deep, I long for You
|Written 2011--minor edits carried over from song version, made May, 2013|

"Deep In Grace" was written on the same day, and the same two papers, as "One Click". For more background information on these poems, see my collection page Ignite, and the poem "One Click" (my second most recent self-written post before this one). These poems birth out of the same time period in my life and struggle, and follow closely after my Ignite collection.
God bless, and may this poem affect you in a positive way, and stir your affection for our Savior, and Creator, Jesus, The LORD, our God, as I certainly hope it does.


© 2017 A.D. Sifford.
I'm okay with you sharing my poems, but I ask that you show courtesy. Please be honest about the authorship by attributing it to my name. Thank you,
- Sifford
 Apr 2015 Eris
Audrey Maday
9:20 PM
 Apr 2015 Eris
Audrey Maday
She had this beautiful face. The kind of face which should have made her a "Popular Girl." But she wasn't. She didn't "fit in" because she liked rock more than country and wore black skinny jeans instead of blue and because at that party she wouldn't sleep with the quarterback, even though he just got us into the state championship.
 Apr 2015 Eris
Dorothy A
Don't listen to what the culture says about you. Forget about what you see in the magazines. Forget about what you watched on TV. Forget about what you have seen in the movies. Forget about what you hear on the radio or came across on the internet. Forget what you just saw on a billboard or store poster. We are women of worth. It doesn't matter what we look like, how much we weigh, what our bra size is, or how **** we are...we are beloved by God who made us and He loves us without ridiculous, unrealistic demands, the cruel demands to be perfect to the eyes of the world. Outer critics are everywhere, and our inner critic wants to chime in and get aboard. We are women of worth. May we all remember this.
 Apr 2015 Eris
Creep
Home
 Apr 2015 Eris
Creep
If I close my eyes long enough
I can pretend you're right next to me
And everything is alright.
:)
Lies are beautiful, no?

The only exception
By paramore
 Apr 2015 Eris
Traveler
Shamelessly ******
The judgmental eye stares
Still you stand there half naked
In those skimpy underwear

I never meant to know you
As well as all that
Stop swinging your **** hips
And get up off my lap

So heavy weighs these morals
Yet I can't pretend to subscribe
To a world full of righteousness
Where such lust one must deny...
Traveler Tim
Re to 01-17
 Apr 2015 Eris
Steele
Bruise
 Apr 2015 Eris
Steele
Tonight there is no moon
and the purple skyline
bleeds the color of my skin.
There is no wind.
There is no time.
There is no sin.
There is no moon.
Only those aching shades of blue,
and the ruptured veins within.
 Apr 2015 Eris
Traveler
BREATHE
 Apr 2015 Eris
Traveler
And so here we are
Page after page
Hearts on fire
Exposing parts unseen
Beneath harden surfaces
Wounds unclean
Broken still we dream
On and on we pen
And so we breathe again
Next page