Prayer – Smith Shine Poetry

Pray

The more you pray, the less the opinions of the unholy will concern you. And you may begin to live the way you’re supposed to. Fr Josiah Trenham

Desires

My free will is a gift. I curse myself.I long to know you!I fall short, probably far.How can I control my desires?

Their earthly offerings are burnt.I have only a burning state, a heart in flames.Unlike Job I rollick in sin, but through the sorrow I acknowledge.My selfish feelings burn away.If gratitude was a posture the hard ground would splinter through my knees.Pry us from the filth to the right path of righteousness.The world weeps, dismantle theContinue reading “Posture”

We Go Again

In a downpour of confusion I was drenched.reaching, though I could not graspmy heart like my hand, broken.but breaks don`t break me anymore.Charlotte went Amelia came, and then…I used to ask why? but I guess why not?So now who will I choose to become from this?In sins appeal anchor me home in your still waters.myContinue reading “We Go Again”

Iron Sharpens Iron

I prayed in my perplexity. There stood a woman, blessed with beauty a slave to her integrity. My complexity shook her for a moment. I watched a tear roll down her cheek. We spoke of why I act. Now it’s my thoughts I speak. Iron sharpens iron. Now for them I can stand strong. TheContinue reading “Iron Sharpens Iron”

YOU

When I was lost, dried, cracked in that desert. YOU were that waterfall that restored and cleansed me. The wind that blew, carrying me that extra mile. YOU were the drum the beat in my heart. Which helped me do things I can’t. You were that tear the one that rolled slow, not so bitter.Continue reading “YOU”