Do you live in a gilded cage What was once supposed to be the dream Became a golden nightmare When did the nightmare come to fruition When did the walls close in Did the paint flake off first Showing cold iron Instead of gold Was it the long nights and days Was it the chances […]
How many times Have you never had the courage to speak up Never had the courage to say The words burned into your heart You could be amazing You could be stronger You could be the change in someone’s life But you never say what you want to say I wan to see you be […]
You’re full of emotion That’s heaving like a raging ocean I can hear it in your spirit That if you had a choice you’d rather Be anyone else But I love the way I made your precious heart Be kind to yourself I know its hard to hear it When that anger in your spirit […]
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This job chews you up We see the worst of humanity Everyday we’re hated Just cause of the uniform we wear Every day called names And cussed at Suicide attempts Overdoses Fights Always on the lookout Always suspicious Paranoid Anxiety Depression Just a few gifts from 10 years Still I don’t know if I would […]
In all things give thanks Is what we are told But that’s easier said than done It’s hard to be thankful during struggles and hardship Its hard when Life is against you But God wants us to live with a different mindset Than the world He wants us to remember All the things we have […]
What does it look like to battle your demons For ssome it looks just like a regular person They get up every day Put a smile on and fight through their day For others its impossible to get up Everybody fights their own demons Whether they be Depression Anxiety Alcoholism Addiction Bipolar PTSD Or something […]
Soothes the soul And heals the heart So often we walk around with herculean weights Weighing us down and crushing us inside Just talking about it may not solve it But it lessens the weight that crushes It shares the burden and Allows us to free ourselves of it for a time It helps […]
We sail through the night Across dark waters Bottomless and unfathomable Praying for guidance Praying for answers Only to hear the sounds of our own breath We drift across a never ending sea No land in sight No shores upon which to rest Always searching never ending For what we’re not sure But we’re lost […]
All the things I’ve seen All the things I’ve been through All i can do is write Free therapy its how i best work out my shit This Life that I’ve lived ain’t for the faint of heart Depression, Anxiety, Suicide I’ve been through it all By the grace of God I’m still here today […]
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