Best Mkt Poems


Decisions Decisions

I stare at this lonely blank page of white
Never knowing exactly just what to write

Do I pen something happy or something quite sad
Show forth some laughter or show that I'm mad

Maybe show them the Creator and all that He gives
Or show them the darkness where my soul really lives

Something rude or crude or passions searing heat
Or the dirty dark secrets of life on the street

No matter what I write no matter what I say
I will keep going on just to write another day

mkt
2016

I Sit Here Alone

I sit here alone in the night looking out at the horizon
watching as the gathering storm clouds are outlined 
by flashes of lightning in the inky blackness

The wind begins lashing at the trees as the fury 
of the storm draws ever nearer and the rolling
cascade of thunder reaches my ears

The raw energy within the towering clouds remind 
me of you and a pang of longing flows through me
at the memory of those days and nights together

It was a time when our love was fanned by the
winds of passion and desire and it burned white 
hot like the lightning flashing across the skies

But all too soon the winds calmed and the passion
faded and you simply turned and walked away... 
leaving in your wake the wreckage of our love 

The pouring rain forces me from my memories as
the heat of remembered passion is cooled and 
brokenheartedly I sit here alone...

mkt
2017

Want

I want to write a love poem to you...

Not a script of lust and passion and burning desire, but...

One from deep within my own beating heart written with 
the hopes and dreams of things to come that can carry 
us into forever...

I want to write a love poem to you...

To express in words that which these lips of clay cannot...

One that will carry us far beyond impossible situations to 
a place of peace and tranquility where all things are possible...

I want to write a love poem to you...

mkt


Alone In the Dark

It's so hard to be brave 
sitting alone in the dark
when every little sound 
can give you a start
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Then something moves 
and you know not why
in your own mind you're
sure you're going to die
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Is it a ghost or a demon 
or some other imp of hell
or just your imagination
sometimes it's so hard to tell
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Goosebumps run wild
and your heart starts to race
you are too scared to run
the terror shows on your face
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You hear it draw nearer 
then the scratching of claws
you sit shaking in the dark
awaiting that tooth filled maw
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You squeal like a little sissy girl
when you hear a hiss and a spat
and the evil for which you wet
yourself was only that darn cat
  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

mkt
2017

Flames

The essence of you swirls and 
flows around me like a wild thing 
that moves just outside the light 
that is the burning flames of love
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Sometimes coming so close that 
the flames dance with wild desire
and other times moving away and 
leaving them as cooling embers
waiting to once more be fanned
into heartwarming flames of love
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mkt
2018

Evermore

Abandoned, broken and forlorn
it stands darkly upon a hill
A ghostly form is seen there 
and screams are heard so shrill

She wanders through the Manor
a place no one comes anymore
but children show their bravery
by running up to touch the door

She's searching for her lost love
the one that left her far behind
He ran off to be with another
and she slowly lost her mind

The years have come and gone
but her pain will last forever
Her white dress stained a crimson red
from the artery she did sever

Now are you brave or are you fearful
as you creep towards her front door
Because if you are just a bit too slow
you will be hers for evermore

mkt
2016

Happy Halloween


Time

As the sands of time 
pass through my hands
I realize it waits for 
no person nor their plans
We pass through this life
in the blink of an eye
and at times it seem that 
we are only born to die

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Lonely Desolation

The winds of loneliness 
blows through my soul... 
  Like the winter winds 
blowing across a frozen 
desolate landscape...
  Making all that lives there
hide deep underground...
  Until warmth and life
returns once more...

mkt
2017

Stripes

Before our Savior
hung on that tree
where He gave His life
for you and me

He was bound to another
tall trunk of wood
stripped bare and naked
He meekly stood

It was Pilates order
that brought Him there
to appease the elders
for whom he had no care

The crowd gathered round
Mary was in their midst
wanting only her son
His dear face to kiss

It was whips of leather
tied with lead and bone
that was used by the soldiers
of the Empire of Rome

With the crack of the whip
Mary fell to her knees
as His cries rang out
her anguish all could see

With each swing of the whip
His blood fell like rain
but with the promise of healing 
from sickness and pain

With each stripe they gave
His precious blood was spilled
and the prophet Isaiah’s
words were fulfilled


Isaiah 53:5
But He was wounded for our transgressions, 
He was bruised for our iniquities:
the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; 
and with His stripes we are healed.

mkt
2016

Two Paths

I fight in a war that none can see
An internal strife between myself and me
Will I fall to the dark or walk in the light
give in to despair or stand up and fight

Two paths lie ahead and I must choose
which way to go there's so much to lose
Will it be the one that is narrow and straight
or is the winding one going to be my fate

One leads to death, turmoil and strife
the other to God and eternal life
Through traps and snares I must fight
I'll win this battle through God's holy might

mkt
2016

My Little Garden

I wander the garden path that winds
among the colorful crepe myrtle trees
Its lined with ferns, hostas and flowering
coralbells eagerly sought by honey bees

Hidden within the lush greenery and rocks
lies a tiny fairy village thats filled with delight
Within, it has it's own little pathway and
cartwheeling fairies that are such a sight

The sun drenched beds of lilies are filled
with all the different colors of the rainbow
Swaying in the warm breeze while reaching
for the sun they are putting on quite a show

The peacefulness here in my little garden
washes away all the cares of the day
A place where it's very sights and sounds
help me hear all that my Creator has to say

mkt
2020

My Bubble of Pain

I'm trying not
to go insane
wrapped up in 
my bubble of pain

Dark are the days
and bitter the fight
as chaos reigns 
in my world tonight

The voices shout
and the demons cheer
as I slowly lose
all that I hold so dear

The angels tears
they fall like rain
as I lay defeated in
my bubble of pain

mkt

Leaves

As the swirling winds of autumn
Play among the colorful fallen leaves
Children’s laughter can be heard
Over the swishing of a rake

mkt

Solitude

All I say and all I do
looses nothing but
chaos upon my life

So I go to seek out
a place of solitude

A hideaway from all
of my pain and suffering

A place where maybe the
brokenness will mend

And dreams will come
and live again

mkt
2021

I Walk In the Twilight

I walk in the twilight …

in that in-between place which separates 
the darkness from the light …


That place where colors and dreams are 
washed out into differing shades of gray …

and they slowly fade away into the nothingness 
of what was …
 
disappearing from the future of what could 
have been …


Where the ghosts of lost friendships and 
lost loves are my only companions …

the weight of despair is crushing my soul 
with a cold indifference …

and a feeling of hopelessness engulfs all …


mkt
2018

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