Heather McCorkle

Heather McCorkle Apr 2018

Reason

I feel happy today
I don't know why
But then I think, "You have to have a reason to be sad, but you don't have to have a reason to be happy."

I actually read that quote "reason to be sad..." in a book by Louis Sachar and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. For the most part, it seems true.

Heather McCorkle Apr 2018

As If

It’s as if
I’m the only one
Above all this
Seeing everything -
Seeing all the risks

Heather McCorkle Apr 2018

Not Alone

I am dimly aware
Of evaporating air
Of a wire and a snare
And I am not alone

I have battles in my mind
Carry myself, miss no time
But I never miss a rhyme
And I am not alone

I travel far in one day
Back and forward, the sun’s ray
And I don’t speak when I have something to say
And I am not alone

I keep a beat, I keep a time
I try my hardest in a line
I will always act sublime
And I am not alone

People, search, wander
Put on a cover
But I'm so tired of acting like everyone’s Same
And I am not alone

This was a Word Doodle I wrote a few months back. (A Word Doodle is when I'm bored and decide to doodle with words, never quite knowing what's going to come out or what it all means. Basically fragmented thoughts).

Heather McCorkle Apr 2018

I Don't Know

I’m talking to me
I should be free
Then why are these chains engulfing me?
I’m hung by a tree
As the rope clutches my throat
I’ve got this pen
What it's writing
I don’t know

Heather McCorkle Apr 2018

God's Poem

I think we spend our days dreaming
Things bright, things whole, things bleeding
For something better than what we have now

We are wonderstruck by the sky
You better believe it's a beautiful sight

But then we think of ourselves
Stock us on shelves
That get old and dusty
But really, must we?

He calls us perfect
And we're so worth it
Do we ever know
How we're his pollema - his poem
In our eyes, he's written pretty rhymes
In our hair, there's beauty everywhere
In our souls, there's limericks that glows
He looks at the heart not at what people stare at
Sonnets, honest -ly you should see
How we are a masterpiece
Please note
How we are
God's Poem

You are God's Poem. This means you are a masterpiece. Well thought out.With deep dimensions and inner beauty. It means that you are as precious as sunsets and chestnut trees in the moonlight. It means you are beautiful.

Heather McCorkle Apr 2018

Beautiful Mess

Look at all the colours
Up there in the sky
Look at all the beauty
It catches you by surprise
You're not sure if you can handle that masterpiece
Cause you don't know if you're broken, beautiful
Or somewhere in between

But anywhere you go
Anywhere you are
You're a shining star
Burning in the dark
Don't be afraid to say
"I'm beautiful in every way"
I'm a mess
I am broken
I'll confess
I'm not perfect
But that's okay
God still loves me that way

Some days we feel whole. Some days we feel broken. Ugly. Beautiful. God doesn't love you any less on those bad days. He created you. He crafted you, painted you, just like the sunsets of the night. He loves your lovely imperfections and your beautiful messes.
This is actually a part of a song I wrote. You can check it out on my Youtube: Horizon of Hope.

Heather McCorkle Apr 2018

Find You

I was holding on
Maybe you thought I could sing the words
Another day goes on
I don't really know what's wrong
But I am burned
Now you're telling me
This is a memory
Maybe we weren't meant at all
Now you're selling me
Down to the big ol' dreams
I can't even mend at all

I'm broken inside
I'm covering up higher
Day passes and I cannot fight the fire
Did you know?
I fall in
Cause I'm still trying to find you

Will you find me?