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The Inner-Most Thoughts of a Dandelion

I am a dandelion and my world is a big meadow.
I'm growing on a cliff-side, I like to live on the edge.
Just blooming away, soaking up the sunlight beaming at me.
Needing a purpose so I can be everything I was made to be.
I was handcrafted, not a mistake. 
I was placed on this earth, on the edge of this cliff to show others that I'm not afraid of heights.
To show all the people that ever put me down for being a weed,
That I was made for a reason.
Maybe to choke up plants, sure. But this weed has feelings too. 
The burrs on my stalk hold me down. These furry things, I don't know what to make of them.
I seem to grow more and more and I can't get them off of me. 
I'm trying to grow higher and higher but they're holding me down from my potential.
I see my fellow dandelions,
they're naked and happy.  
Nothing holding them down.
They keep telling me about this breeze. A strong wind to prick the burrs off their stalk. And then an idea comes to me. So now...
I'm just waiting for a strong breeze to come pick me up and cast away all my fears and worries that I call dandelion seeds.

Copyright © Elizabeth Cary | Year Posted 2013



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Used To Be, Now Im Free

I used to be different. I used to 
be just like you. I used to think, 
to feel, to say, to do anything I 
wanted to. I'm not that person 
anymore, it comes at a price. 
I'm forgiven because someone 
sacrificed. His name is Jesus. 
The rock on which I stand. He 
was nailed on a cross, hand by 
hand. I decided that I didn't 
want to live a life for myself 
anymore, because before, I 
was torn. Unsure of my destiny, 
heaven or hell, I decided to 
stop running. Honestly, looking 
back at where I've been, it was 
the best decision I've ever 
made. To make God my true 
father, I've never been the 
same. I have this hope as an 
anchor for my soul, firm and 
secure. I have hope for a 
future, getting brighter the 
more I venture into the dark of 
this world. So today, if you feel 
empty, broken, useless, stolen, 
taken advantage of, forgotten 
and made fun of, there's a God 
who really cares about you. All 
you have to do is accept him, 
and he'll accept you for you.

-Elizabeth Cary

Copyright © Elizabeth Cary | Year Posted 2013

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Kept Hidden In a Closet

I walk into my room every day 
seeing that closet. I wake up 
and I think in my mind "there's 
that sin."
It's a eternal evil, it's clawing at 
the door, gnawing at my skin, 
growing and groaning more and 
more. 
It's big and ferocious, my past 
life it is. It's mean and scary 
and I can never win.
My broken past met with my 
brain and made memories, I 
can't let go of this pain that is 
forever chasing me.
I tried chaining it up, I try 
holding it down, but it's no use!
My strength is no match for its 
conviction and blood-shot 
reproof.
I can't take this anymore, this 
isn't fair! I'm not even that 
person anymore and yet there 
are scars I bare.
Manipulating, hideous, 
tormenting, dangerous.
This present evil is tied at my 
doorstep, tied at my post.
I want to burn it at the stake, 
and leave the ashes to rot. I 
want to forsake it so bad, but I 
know it will forsake me not.
This terrible folly can go on no 
longer, I've made no deals with 
the devil and this is too much. 
I need something, or someone 
to take this animal away so it 
will stop hurting me.
I need an exerting of a pain-
free peace, I need an excreting 
of this soul-eating disease, I 
want to be free!

God*** 

Daughter, Daughter! I'm right 
here. I'm right by your side. 
I've never left you, all through 
your lows and even through 
your highs!
You see that evil that gets at 
you, you see that pain that 
won't escape you, I can take 
that off your shoulders.
Ill make it to where that 
burning flame of evil is nothing 
but a dying smolder.
I can take that evil away but 
you must give me your past. 
I can take that pain away but 
this battle must be your last.
Give me the reins and ill drive 
it away,
Give me your darkness and ill 
give you another way. 

Gods cares about your pain,
He cares about your struggles.
He has no fear in anything and 
there's nothing too big for him to 
battle.
He will take your sin down, 
pumbled to the ground.
He'll make it look simple, like 
popping a small pimple on the 
face of your destiny,
Because he's got everything, 
under control. 
So give him full custody to your 
past, and he'll give you a 
limitless future.

-Elizabeth Cary

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Hope

If you feel pain for the 
forthcoming of tomorrow, then 
don't go to sleep. Watch the 
sun rise so you can see Gods 
glory over the horizon and say 
"maybe it's not as bad as I 
thought."

Copyright © Elizabeth Cary | Year Posted 2013


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