As dusk dawned
In hushed dark solace,
Awareness battled
Comatose.
One question, pleading:
Terminate this torment,
Honour this last wish,
Yearning.
Only so much love can be lost;
Pain be carried;
Blood be spilt...
Horror.
In muted shine,
Deadened voices,
Monitored beep beep,
Kindness.
Salty moist wiped away
With mellow moves
In a tone that provides
Humanity.
***
January 31, 2017
Without you I am broken in two
You used to make me smile when things were hard;
Now without you I am broken in two.
I say I can’t live without you;
Something makes me wonder who I am without you.
You know I love you and I know you love me too.
Without your love, what will I do?
Without you I am broken in two;
Without you I am lost and broken in two.
I don’t want to wake up tomorrow and see you are gone,
Because without you I will forever be lost in the dark.
I need to be with you always, these feelings are real,
For I’ll always be wanting you and waiting for you.
Because only when I hold you next to me do I feel;
Now all I see and feel is nothingness, without you.
Bury me deep within your heart,
So I can still be close to you.
(C)2016 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
broken timepieces
resist second-hand offers
to exact minutes
from hostile hours, confused by
conflicts in digital mode
Broken In Me Reigns
There is a place from deep within
where I hide my hearts pains.
A darkened room off by itself
where the broken in me reigns.
The hinges all rusted in place
where seldom is love spoken.
Still the hurts they come and go
the windows are all broken.
On rainy days it seems set free
those memories all roam.
Then late at night again alone
it seems they all come home.
There were times much younger then
I couldn't stop them but I'd try.
Older now and wiser too
I hang my head and cry.
For you can't let go of certain things
that life has put you through.
It's just no use to let go
when it's holding on to you.
So if you see I've lost my smile
tears are what remains.
It's just I've slipped off by myself
where the broken in me reigns.
Edwin C Hofert
I am not being persecuted
for my faith I have more than
I need. when I look abroad I
can acknowledge that compared
to many others, I live like a queen
Then why do I feel such defeat?
Like I've been swallowed whole
Trapped Inside the belly of the beast
I am weary, weighed down by sin
My rap sheet is long
Where to begin?
Often times, my heart cries
For all the hurt I've caused
Won't let me find peace.
Lost I've chosen to walk
Alone making sorrow and regret
In me a sound home
Blinded by grief
This hurt disguised as rage
Am I only who hears
The rattling of this cage?
I am the cause of disgrace
perhaps that why they view me
as a real waste of human space
It's a dark road I'm on with many
regrets untold 'til the day the Word
of my God in me takes hold
Has your heart been broken in two?
Perhaps you don’t know what to do?
Has your life been greatly affected?
Perhaps it feel likes it’s been “infected?”
The pain and grief you can no longer bare.
You wonder if anyone truly cares?
There is someone! May I introduce you?
He’s here! Won’t you let him touch you?
His love is marvelous and wonderful!
His grace is loving and so merciful!
This one I speak of, can wash you clean!
He can take away what your pain may bring!
His name is Jesus! He can take away
the brokenness!
From his heart of joy, mercy and kindness!
Won’t you let him put your heart back together?
And experience his power… Now and forever!
Jesus is, and will forever always be…
The one who can totally set YOU FREE!
By Jim Pemberton
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