Dark Washed Poems

Washed out to Sea
By Dilly Dally and Christopher Grieves
First line DD, second line CG and so on

Save my soul, I'm washed out to sea
I need...

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Was swimming in suicide 
Lost inside my lies 
Holding back everything 
Not knowing why

I would cry tears of pain
Trying to hide all my shame 
Running...

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Ninety-Three Daughters of Israel
a Holocaust poem by Chaya Feldman
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

We washed our bodies
and cleansed ourselves;
we purified our souls
and became clean.

Death does...

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Heart Washed Ashore

“The sun of my reason has set.  
My thoughts have set sail and 
My heart was washed ashore last night.
Take me to...

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Jesus frees
If you will believe

Cast away your wondering around in your dark past
Start traveling along His lighted path 
you will see that Jesus frees
If you...

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Washed up on the beach

Sand wet against my face

Grit covering my soaked gown

Tasting the salt in my airways

Trying to pull my body up

From the sludge...

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There were tears on my face as I
sat with back to you on the boat,
my soul writhing in anguish,
burning pain rising in my throat.
Who wants...

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Innocent victims cry in the dark
Forced to take refuge in that park
Such wrath began to fall
For I shall never forget the day I got that...

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