Share Your Story

Is silence
Not violence?
Are hidden tears
Not wasted years?

If you can change
A single life
By being vulnerable
And sharing strife

Are you not
An angel leashed?
A single hope
To tame the beast?

A beast of pain
Of hurt, and sin
Of tormented confusion
Sewn deep within?

If you can bring
One person relief
Is it not worth
The dreaded grief?

For smiles hide well
Lack of contentment
Your sorrow, my friend
Can filter resentment

So share your story
And tell it well
And in purpose
You will dwell

M.L

To "It"

Shriveled skin
Crackling bones
Drying souls
Dermal holes

All the things
Pertaining to
Death and pain
Are wholly you

You take joy
In scattered dreams
You smile in triumph
At assaulting schemes

A beating heart
You don't possess
Rather you hide
Behind sweet caress

Portraying yourself
As a caring soul
When in reality
You're hard and cold

You gain your energy
From decaying smiles
Drag begging hearts
Down gravely miles

Death is too sweet
For creatures like you
Thank all that is good
You assholes are few

I hope you find
The fulfillment you seek
But more than that
I hope now you peak

So that latter life
For you is hell
Because you no longer
Can cast your spell

And no longer will you
Wreak havoc and pain
Living only on
Memories of the slain

M.L

Battle of Heavens

Skies are dark
But rays shine through
A battle of heavens
Soon to ensue

Stars at odds
Worlds at war
Mass of matter
Each other abhor

Crashing
Soaring
Winds of the night

Colliding
Standing
Ready to fight

None relent
None retreat
Hellbent on
Animosity

The last one standing
All will see
Left in dust
And ruins of kings

M.L

How Many Feelings

If God truly aches
For all of the hurting
And frowns sadly
With those yearning

If God smiles
At people's glee
And claps with us
Triumphantly

If He walks with the homeless
Hand in hand
And listens in earnest
To angelic bands

How many hearts
Does His break with
And how many joys
Does He feel amidst

God is God
This much I know
What boggles my thoughts
Is the one below

How many feelings
Does God feel each day
If He feels them all
The exact same way?

All as fierce
And worthy of note
All as full
And Him I'll quote:

"I came for the sick
The lonely and lost
I came for the burdened
When I carried my cross

And on that cross
I captured all sorrow
I captured all pain
And hurt of tomorrow

Because of that cross
You'll be with Me forever
These feelings that I feel
Will never be severed

For I feel all things
With a dose of love
And look at you cherishingly
From far up above."

M.L

Salvation

Upon them a light dawned
Pulsing through the night
Bringing angst to a halt
Providing them respite

Eons of unease
Racing towards its end
Servants of darkness
Soon to apprehend

Despair reached for hope
Mounting upon its wings
Pain laughed with joy
Breathing love's vaporings

Hate traded compassion
For a ray of sun
Hurt and her quarrels
Quickly came undone

Broken hearts were mended
Repaired from deep within
Giving man the peace
Of comfort in his skin

M.L

Shame

My own king
I cannot face
My shame and hurt
Against me race

My own beloved
I turn to not
Pain has caused
My courage to rot

In a world of people
I feel alone
In a sea of smiles
I turn to stone

My hitching breath
My rapid heart
My healing process
Has yet to start

I want to talk
I want to speak
But given the chance
I am too weak

I miss the trust
I had in Him
I miss the love
I felt in the wind

I long to return
To days of past
The urge to run
Is growing fast

But I am blocked
By perpetual sin
To the fallen
I am kin

I feel beyond
Mercy and love
Like I've fallen too far
To reach above

Above the pit
Of darkness I'm in
Above the slight
Of the spirit within

My head is telling me
His arms are open
My heart responds
They're conditions unspoken

What I've known
And what I've been taught
Mean absolutely nothing
And penetrate not

For in this instance
Logic has no hold
And my hardened heart
Holds stories untold

Maybe one day
My joy will return
Not to be taken
By mockery or spurn

And on that day
I'll sigh in relief
When I finally realize
I'm not such a beast

M.L

Grief

Grief is not a prison
It can't hold you in its walls
Pain is not a chain
Dragging down dark halls

Hurt is not a shackle
Tied around your feet
Distrust is not a burden
You alone must meet

Confusion is not a window
Barred with eternal life
It is but a visitor
Present in your strife

Peace will reign again
My friend
And scars you then will bare
To the world so thirsty
For signs that someone cares

M.L