This poetry book is a most personal book to me because it expresses through my own poetic voice the traumas and the vices and pains that I went through throughout my life. Each finished work, I prayed to God to heal me from my pain, or heal others that I have caused pain, or forgive them for what they did to me, or forgive me for what I have done to them. This book is very real and raw poetry and is not meant to be offensive but to be real in my humanity and imperfections. I hope you enjoy them, and that it helps you on your healing journey in life.
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Here’s a sample:
Redeem Everything
O LORD, here is my scarred past:
All the cuts and wounds here
To be healed by Your scarred hands
That bleed for me from old.
Redeem this scarred man and all those
Who caused the wounds in me;
Redeem those scarred people that were
Hurt by my wrongful acts.
Let my words heal not hurt others,
So words that cut won’t bleed;
Let hurt words go away from those
I love all my good days.
Revive the love for You and those
I love with zeal and hope;
Redeem everything in my life–
Even me: a sinner.