I take your hand, with heart so true,
To walk through life, just me and you.
In storms or sunshine, joy or pain,
My love for you will not wane.
I vow to cherish, vow to care,
To hold your burdens, always share.
With every breath, through all the years,
I’ll guard your dreams, I'll calm your fears.
I’ll be your shelter in the rain,
Your balm in sorrow, joy in pain.
In silent nights or laughing days,
I’ll stand beside you, come what may.
When age arrives with silver grace,
I’ll love the lines upon your face.
Still seeing in your gentle eyes,
My only home, my sweetest prize.
So here I stand, my soul laid bare,
With nothing more than love to share.
You are my vow, my sacred part,
My forever, sealed with heart.
It's been twenty years since my last confession,
And my confession was about you,
A tale of love and silent obsession,
The beating of a heart that I once knew.
In this my confession, my soul laid bare,
I spoke of the yearning, the secret of my desire,
The memories of your touch, soft as air,
Kindling flames that time could not heal.
But fate's cruel hand drove us apart,
Leaving echoes of a love unfulfilled,
Yet still, you linger within my heart,
Like a bittersweet dream forever apart.
Now, as the years have slipped away,
I confess, my love, I still hold you dear,
In the shadows of my thoughts, you stay, a hole that remains unfilled.
A cherished memory, eternally clear.
In this humble confession, my heart finds release,
Though decades have passed, the love remains true,
It's been twenty years, but the pain won't cease,
For my confession, my dear, is still all about you.
If I could pick someone to share
This life to live without compare
I’d look your way and not despair
And ask you if you’d boldly dare
Allow this once, we’ll be a pair
You return my gaze and softly swear
Can’t catch my breath, I need more air
I run my fingers through your hair
Into your eyes I boldly stare
I lose myself, my soul laid bare
You say to me, “our love is rare
And frankly dear, you have no prayer
I have you now, you won’t be spared”
No need to know this game is fair
I lean back and I don’t care
I feel and yes I am aware
Please love please, just take me there
Written 10/21/20
Happy is my heart again, for I'm no longer confused.
At last I've found escape from a life that I'd abused.
Peace is mine since my Creator heard my confession.
Please, I begged of Him, rid me of guilt and depression.
In sorrow I fell to my knees. "Oh, God, hear my prayer."
Next I told Him I was sorry, and to Him my soul laid bare.
Each shameful sin I recounted made me feel so relieved.
Scripture brought me comfort, and I no longer grieved.
Salvation is my hope because God's Word I now believed.
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December 16th 2015 ~ Lin Lane
Happiness Acrostic Contest
Sponsor ~ John Hamilton
I am open to reality
But as of yet
I have not witnessed
An ounce of concrete proof
And believe me I searched
If only for me
With eyes wide open
My soul laid bare
Spent in search
Desperately looking
For an out
Anything with which to return
To carry worthy of a sermon
And in this time
On the temple mount
I begged for a reason
And upon the answer gave
I swore to take and etch on my grave
In death
So to I become enslaved
If I am deemed
Misbehaved
How often have I blundered
at the precipice
with brimming enthusiasm
hollowed by doubt and
want for survival?
With breath arrived a passion
to express beyond mere words
the notion that we are never alone
even when gripped by horrors
wrought against fellows.
Along your spiral spine I climb.
Your teeth clamor knowingly
with palpable fear at being dutiful
to the whims of an impatient
and infantile mortal.
Within the discarded stack lie
tattered attempts and regrets,
my soul laid bare on a bear skin.
"I promise to push harder since
peril provokes my pen."
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