Hefting my flaming sword I circle the bramble brush listening for panicked whispers of doubt and fear My oppressed bones have tired of terrorist games Even open-mouthed tables turn to stare Watching me in hot pursuit armoured in God’s glory...... Continue Reading →
Gone are the days when I’d search for my courage between heartbeats or blindly along the dry walls of my mouth ..sometimes pretending I’d found it These days, I clutch it even more tightly even as thunder gathers in the... Continue Reading →
Be as wise as water and take the path of least resistance Be as mean as water and drown all the sorrows you can find Be as patient as water and erode all the mountains over time and Be as... Continue Reading →
the chosen are called to be as cities on the tops of hills with hope beaming from between clenched teeth they reveal their courage with thudding hearts and trembling knees by being the first ones to fall © Vivian... Continue Reading →
Fear thinks it’s got one up on me as it scrabbles along the walls of my mind stopping now and then to loom and roar showing me its red cavernous mouth as red as a thousand gaping wounds as crimson... Continue Reading →
It’s not everyday I see the self portrait of my soul with its uneven contours and discoloured patterns And see here- the jagged stitching across the chest? That’s scarring from when my heart was ripped out.... then repaired trampled ......... Continue Reading →
Flashback to when fear was the monster under my bed -when it was only in my head It grew with me blocking all I could see while I stumbled from failure to failure from self-doubt to despair -believing it was... Continue Reading →
Even when shadows seem to drown in the uncertainty of life -even when the sun rolls off the horizon like a coin off a table -even when the ocean beats and roars at the rocks Life still has a sweet... Continue Reading →
