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Jack Jenkins Jun 2016
If my God sacrificed
   His only Son for
   A manwhore like I,

Why should I be
   Unwilling to lay down
   My life for His glory?

I pray to die a death
   That will have His name
   Upon my lips when I
   Speak my last words.

I am but a lone man
   Rebellious in flesh
   Aloft in my desires.

Almighty I pray;
   Clean my heart
   With Your Spirit.
Jack Jenkins Jun 2016
"Hey, how are you you doing?"

"I'm doing okay..."

I'm okay because I cannot describe all the different ways I'm feeling apathetic.
And I give you that smile that hides all the hairline fractures in my heart.

Every wonderful longing is swallowed alive,
I'm transcending my emotional capacity to live and love.
All my cheer is shallow and without substance,
Naught more than a cooked marshmallow:
Sweet and crisp without any nourishment.

My wretched self allows me to suffer thus.
Isolated when never alone,
Alone when in true love,
Irreversibly broken,
Choking on my frozen dust.
//On anxiety//
Jack Jenkins Jun 2016
God made a woman for me;
He slays me with her
The woes of a man's heart are immeasurable...
Jack Jenkins Jun 2016
A summer solace wind storm,
Blowing against my face, ripping against my clothes,
Out here, on the edge, thinking of you,
Imagining your face, in this abyss trying to swallow me.

It creeps against me, holding me to the ground,
I didn't want to move anyway.
But the shards of rain and ice pelting my skin,
Causes pain, causes me to tear up.

I hold your memories in my arms,
I hold your gentleness in my breath,
One last time, I hold you close to me,
Then I let you go.
Jack Jenkins Jun 2016
My flesh bears the stains
Of all of my pains
Scars are what they are
The depth of some, too far.

Some are horrific
A tribute to my
Monolithic hatred
Of my own wellbeing

Some are ugly
Some are fair
Some are subtle
But all I bear

Each has a story
A lesson to be learned
From my darkest deeds
To my old glories

I show and share them
To warn those who care
Lest you end up like me
Caught in a devil's snare
It's okay to be broken. :)
Jack Jenkins Jun 2016
Lately I'm finding it difficult to
Coerce words into flowering poetry
My mind's cracked foundation
Yields nothing in inspiration
Or creativity.

Vibrations shift thoughts about
Darting and fluttering around
You would see my world has
Lost it's stunning brightness
Buried deep.

Certainly I am a nomad under my skin
Finding it harder to survive this drought
So my fractured wings will carry me
Over the grim landscape I live in
Cast away.
Jack Jenkins Jun 2016
The depths of your heart,
  Which I have so valiantly besieged.
Holds such beauty without limit,
  Overwhelming love overflowing.

Could your heart be mine?
  I would give you my life, gladly.
Jack Jenkins Jun 2016
Watching weary travelers on the beaten path,
Dirt kicked up with every step and dissipates,
Just like the weary travelers with their beaten lives.
Just a little three lines poem. :)
Jack Jenkins Jun 2016
Maybe it will be nice
To cross my legs and sit at the water's edge
Breathe in... Breathe out
Let the water surrounded me
Surrender myself to the rising tide
And let all the thoughts I have of you
All the feelings swirling in my heart
Wash away in the force of the ocean
Every sea creature mourn with me
And my ghost seen on the full moon
Legendary broken heart foretold
For all generations
Jack Jenkins Jun 2016
If you've lost your love
If you've lost your hope
And everyday drags on
And you were wishing you were gone

Cuz your heart is wounded
And the scars run deep
Cryin' in the night
Where nobody can hear
And nobody will care

Laying in your bed
You look up at the stars
And you count them off
One by one
You start to feel
Droplets of peace in your heart

Would you dance with me
In the night?
Under the moonlight
Over the dew drops
Would you dance with me
In the night?
Forget about life
And all its strife

Because you
Are
Beau-ti-ful
Beau-ti-ful

Laying in your bed
Look up to the stars
And remember us
Remember your beauty
Writing this for someone very special who's going through some rough times. More of a song than a poem, but I hope it works. :)
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