devozine

Poor sorrow,
make sure the daybreak doesn’t find you.
The Lord is about to intervene.
You pretended to be great in my dark moments,
but the Lord was greater.
Now my light is about…

04/20/19 at 09:00 PM

My name is Simon from Cyrene. I was passing through the land
Outside the city of Jerusalem, when I came upon this man.
Soldiers put a purple robe on him and…

04/19/19 at 11:55 AM

A small and tattered beggar boy
stood looking down the street.
His clothes were mostly patches,
and no shoes were on his feet.

He came upon a bakery;
he stood and peered…

04/13/19 at 02:56 PM

Technicolor skies at night,
cities’ dawn till morning’s light,
only the moon far up above—
where are the stars I used to love?
Though once their glory shown so bright,
they’re blotted out by…

04/02/19 at 11:52 AM

I’m glad that only God can see my true self; yet, if everyone could look at me through God’s eyes, they would see me in a different light. They…

03/31/19 at 01:49 PM

Give me the courage to bloom,
     to open myself
          layer by layer
               like a rose,
to blossom with…

03/30/19 at 02:32 PM

Please don’t judge me by my face,
by my religion or my race.
Please don’t laugh at what I wear
or how I look or do my  hair.
Please look a little deeper,
way…

03/28/19 at 01:29 PM

Ashamed and guilty,
I crawl, broken, to the throne,
hiding my face,
hoping not to expose my sin,
as if I could keep it from you.
I have been seduced by other…

03/27/19 at 01:42 PM

In my secret life,
I am weak.
I curl up like a baby
and cry for the shallowest reason.
I am emotionally battered.
I reflect on my…

03/26/19 at 02:08 PM

Compassion in the way we talk
Compassion everywhere we walk
Reaching out a helping hand
Supporting those who cannot stand
Putting ourselves in others’ shoes
And seeing others’ point of…

03/10/19 at 01:45 PM