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Ryan Long Jan 2016
My soul it's being torn apart,
Distrust and fears are rampant.
Lord heal this bleeding heart
But let not my feelings become absent

For the pain I feel Is a jealous burn
It feels like a burning knife
Help me Lord to trust my love
And put to an end my strife

A careless comment
from a joking friend
My mind enveloped in fear
these thoughts I wish could end

Trust is the key
And in you I must find rest
Lord I come to you for I know
You have in mind only the best

Give me faith
And end my fear
Let me trust my love
Who I hold so dear
Ryan Long Jan 2016
What can I do
To show that I care
To let you know you're loved
And that I'll always be there

That no matter the burden
No matter how Big or how small
You can count on me
to go through it all

When times get rough
And you need someone
Or just a friend to share in the fun

When you need a shoulder
To lay on and cry
For those days you want to just give up and die

For the smiles and the laughs
For the agony and pain
I hope you know you can call on my name

I'm never leaving you
No one gets left behind
Knowing your safe rests my weary mind

Through the thick and through the thin
That's where a true friend goes
And I'll be there for you, God certainly knows

I love you to death though I've known you such a short while
But for you I'll travel every hard and aching mile

You don't have to be alone
Why won't you understand!
I'm here for you
And I'm holding out my hand

This isn't something that's gonna burn and then fade
I'm here till I die, a best friend you've made

I pray for you daily,
that God will guide and protect
That all His blessings
you'll get to collect
I wrote this awhile back for one of my closest friends when they were going through a hard time and I felt like they needed to be reminded I wasn't going anywhere no matter what.
Ryan Long Jan 2016
A pain sits here down in my heart
something that won't leave or depart
It's something I think is broken inside
something i think I need to hide

My arms they ache when you're not around
The pain is so real it sends me to the ground
Dear God how do I live like this so broken and in pain
You've become my remedy but also my bane!

I can't take this much longer it drives me insane
This is the worst I'll take any other pain!
My heart is breaking and my chest has a hole
I've had this so long it starts to get dull

But not tonight, tonight it's a flame
Like a fire that burns and cannot be tame
Tonight it's a river swollen and rushing
A wind that never dies blowing never hushing

Tonight it's a void so wide and so empty
nothing could fill it however much in plenty
the pain is physical and I drop to my knees
I can't stay like this what if someone else sees?

This love that's been hidden is tearing me apart
how much longer must I wait before we can start
my heart is going to die, my arms begin to break
the tears they run down, no they're not fake

The night draws nigh another day comes to a close
time alone with my thoughts, to think and repose
tomorrow I pray all the pain will all be gone
start afresh and anew with the rising of a new dawn
Ryan Long Jan 2016
The papers in my hand the knife is at my side, I thought I should say something before I went and died

Dear mom and dad, I say
I'm sorry it had to end this way
I'm sick of this world and struggling just to live day to day

Dear mom and dad
I know you tried to do your best but know that it's not your fault cause deep inside I'm just a mess

I tried to live the way you raised me, but it's hard when this world is so crazy

I take the knife in my hand and I kneel down on the floor, my hand moves to my neck this is what I've been waiting for

Suddenly a light fills my whole room and God looks at me and he tells me to stop, I look at him and I feel my knife drop

Whats going on, are you out of your mind? Put down the knife and we can leave all this behind

In anger I yell "do you know who I am?! The things in my life I deserve to be ******!"

I tried to live right but I can't deal no more, my parents health, and our dwindling wealth, this is easier for sure

I called to you in vain all those wasted years! I prayed and I fasted, I waited for you in tears!!

Not once did you answer a single plea that I cried! why appear now and suddenly care just before I died

The Lord raised himself up and his voice boomed like thunder,
"Listen to me carefully and learn to fear and wonder"

I am the God that dared to create you and though this life is hard to go through, you have a purpose and a place that I need you ready to go do

I bow my head and tears fall down, "Lord" I cry, "why would you use this broken ***?
A vessel to use I am not

There are others out there that have their lives together, people that have never faltered and never waiver"

The lord takes my hand and says, "see the scars on these wrists, signs that you went down spent time in despairs pits."

I want to use you in your brokenness and weakness, lack of faith and this bleakness

For in you with every scar, I can show off my glory and power, make the world tremble
And praise my name every hour

For in you they'll see what was broken and in pieces, something far stronger that is eternal and never ceases

Now stand up my son, for that is what you are, never doubt my presence again, no matter where you are.

I'm here to protect you, this life won't be easy, but I promise you I'm there, in the country, town, or city

I stand up from my grave, the knife back in my hand, I throw it far across the room, and then I slowly stand.

It's a war we wage, day after day, a fight inside that no other can keep at bay

But with my God I will stand strong, Shine a light in a world that praises the wrong.
Ryan Long Dec 2015
Just when you think the hurricane subsided,
And found a place where peace resided,
Then comes a storm into your calm
A wound appears which heals to no balm,
Nothing can you do in the turbulent sea,
Nothing can save you from this destiny
Doomed to wander in the unknown
Forever separated and forever alone,
With none but your demons created by the mind,
If you can't forge ahead then you'll stay behind,
Behind in the muck and in the mire,
Doomed to drown for all there tire,
Unless you look not up but down,
Bow your head in prayer humbly facing the ground,
And if the Lord above deems to save you by his grace,
Then none will stop you from running his race.
Ryan Long Dec 2015
Falling in love again
But scared to trust myself
Falling in love again
But putting it away on a shelf

The agony of my heart
Wrestles with my brain
Fighting over what to do
However simple and plain
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