Set Free

~a poem~ Photo by Aditya Saxena on Unsplash he told her to leaveshe stormed outwithout a thing to her name she didn’t even have timeto put on her shoes fear followed heryet she kept moving onknowing that if she went backthe abuse would startall over again as she sat upon the groundand pondered her next moveshe felt a sense of relieffor she finally was freefrom the neverending cycle of...

The Painful Skin that He Lives in

Photo by Road Trip with Raj on Unsplash I feel so helplesssometimes it’s just too muchand I have to go and block it out his entire bodyfull of soresI seriously don’t knowhow he survives I don’t think I’d make it out aliveif I had to deal with his condition I can barely handle it on him I feel the pain of his sufferingI say a prayerand beg and pleadfor God to heal him completely when...

Holding Onto Hope

it’s hard not to feel disappointedwhen things don’t go as plannedwhen suddenly the thought of counting blessings feels meaningless and foreign yet I must then remind myself that things could always be worse I must hold tightly onto the hopethat only God freely givesto everyone who asks so even though I’m brokenand even though I make mistakesI will always treasure in my heartand cling...