devozine

Waiting with bated breath,
fingers crossed,
I pace back and forth;
and time moves so slowly, Lord!
I demand immediate answers—
Yes or…

12/06/19 at 05:18 PM

Dear Lord,
Thank you
for wet grass,
for sweet chocolate,
for cool wind.
Thank…

11/28/19 at 07:04 PM

The Christians of the world raised their hands,
but I stopped to make sure I wasn’t the the only one.
I felt the prompting of your Spirit.
but I pretended I didn’t…

11/22/19 at 11:29 AM

Nothing is going right.
My plans and dreams
have been smashed.
My hardest, best efforts
do not seem to be enough.
I am crushed under the burden
of failure and…

11/18/19 at 02:11 PM

My body
is what allows me to walk
and talk
and be in this world.

My body
is what allows God to use…

11/05/19 at 11:50 AM

She has a haggard look about her.
She does not sleep anymore.
I dare not pester.
She’s fighting the urge to weep.

What should I say?
That it’ll all be…

10/18/19 at 03:47 PM

Shattered in a million pieces,
left on the ground.
Rain mixed with salty tears.
Nowhere to go, no one to turn to—
just another lost cause.

I’m wandering…

10/17/19 at 04:21 PM

I’ve lost all hope and lost all heart.
My days are walking in the dark.
Depression makes me want to hide
and conjures thoughts of suicide.

To take my life and leave this…

10/14/19 at 11:53 AM

She never knew they had her back.
She never knew they wouldn’t attack.
She never knew they cared how she felt.
She never knew they would’ve helped.

She never knew she wasn’t alone.
She…

09/24/19 at 07:01 PM

When pain is too much to bear
and we feel unworthy of love or life,
when harming ourselves seems the only way
to get through the problems we face,
when we feel we…

09/19/19 at 01:02 PM