I Will Be Saved

Though the shadows watch me

With gleaming teeth at the ready,

I will not fall prey, though

The clouds may cover the sun

For a short while, for I

Know in my mind who my

Father is; I am of light.

My heart is preserved from the

Raging winds of sorrow and

Though this pain troubles me

For a time, the light will not

Be overwhelmed and He will

Pull me up from the darkness.

Graveyard Reflection

On a bright, sunny day, I

Found myself walking in a

Graveyard, slowly pondering

Every row of grey stones.

Faded names chiselled with care.

Echoing the life that once

Breathed above the cold earth,

And I tried to imagine

Every story that lay underneath.

Looming before me was the

Truth that I would one day

Be nothing more than a

Fading name on a crumbling stone,

And this truth puzzled me,

Amazed me, and I felt small.

All their dreams, careful plans,

Lay buried in their bones,

The sound of their laughter

Never to be heard again,

Threads once so bright now

At their dull end forever.

And I left that graveyard

A little older, a bit wiser.

Ready to live my every day

As though it were my last,

Determined to imbed myself

In the memories of others

So I might yet escape

Being wiped away by time.

Smile

This is just so unlike us,

Hide and seek, but I wonder

When I’ve got nothing but

My aching soul,

Heart hiding something,

Will you find me,

Bring me back to life

And throw a stranger

An unexpected smile?

Hold On

When your dreams all fail,

And it’s always nothing,

I will hold on.

Frame by frame, full speed ahead,

And if I tell you

My heart said “This time, no”,

Have you got it in you?

When your love goes to waste,

You still have all of me

And you and I will be alright

And ghosts will flicker from view.

Wait

Some days, when I’m awfully low,

I would leave crisp note footprints

Across my lifeline, broken tragedy,

The most beautiful light

Could put right what I got wrong

And I’ve just got to wait it out.

Go

(Currently been playing around with song found poems, where I jump around from song to song and use lyrics, putting in some of my own words to pull it all together.)

I have made mistakes,

Running through speeding cars

With a real flare for excuses

But everything’s just wonderful.

With my hope torn apart,

I’m young again,

Too young to bear the weight

Of your cruel lies.

The moment I said it,

The swelling rage in your eyes

I try to see clearer,

So I’ll say goodnight and go.

Sand

I was a pile of sand on the beach,

Formless, unidentifiable along the seashore

But the Creator walked by, stopped down

And lovingly molded me by His design.

I was beautiful, admired by every passerby

But I looked to them for my worth,

Sought gain and happiness and I changed,

Bits crumbling off and others added on.

The Creator let the waves wash over me

And all I had become was torn down

And I helplessly lay scattered by the sea,

Ugly, gritty sand, not worth glancing at.

The Creator looked across the empty beach

And smiled at the broken, humbled sand,

And He shaped me into something new.