Shiny Star: Favorites

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

James M Vines

When the armies of darkness surround you and the strongholds are built against you, do not surrender to the enemy. Bolster your soul and fall before the alter with the cross that you were chosen to bear. In solemn humble prayer, you can overcome what ever the enemy may dare, for you will be enjoined to God when you seek him there.

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

When the World is not enough

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

James M Vines

When the World is not enough

When the crowds have abandoned you and friends have turned their back on you. When your family has no answers for you and the knowledge of man has failed, there is a place where help can be found. In the words of wisdom not given of the souls of me, but from one who understands what you are going through. Christ will be there and he will understand, for what ever you think you are going through, you are not alone. He was there before you and knows what it takes when the world is not enough.

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

Twisted Inside

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

James M Vines

Twisted Inside

The forces of life turn me inside out while the sun and moon look on as witnesses with glee. The birds swirl around my head as I swoon for lack of reprieve from my grief. I feel as though there are magnets in my feet as I try to stand, only to fall over and over again. Up and down I go in a torrent of emotion as the cosmos takes sadistic pleasure in my torment. I look for solid ground upon which to stand but I still cannot pull back in my emotions, so I simply collapse and succumb to the pain of lost love as I am left to writhe in pain at your feet.

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

Prose Please Set Me Free

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

James M Vines

Prose Please Set Me Free

Oh emotions that bind my tongue please remove the ties that hinder me. Oh blinding sorrow that grieves my soul, steady my pen that I may give life to my words. Oh imagery that transcends understanding as you flow from the river of ideas that I immerse myself in, give me back my what was taken from me, open the door to creativity. Oh prose please set me free.

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

I Saw a Rainbow

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

James M Vines

I Saw a Rainbow

I lay down to sleep and I found myself on a cloud, I was looking down and I was proud. I saw men and women joining hand in hand. I saw the different races from across the lands. Each one was lending a hand and offering help where they could. The line of people stretched from horizon to horizon and made a rainbow. I suddenly awoke from my dream and realized the thing I had seen, if I take another person hand and we join together to help out and make a stand, then what I dreamed will be a reality. I saw a rainbow of hope that starts with me.

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

For The Bruised Peaches

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

Gidgette

For The Bruised Peaches

You know who you are
Bruised Peaches
Those hit, hidden
Shamed
Belittled and bitten
By the very people we loved most
Mocked
For staying with the bearers of our
Bruises
We warrior spouses
Some of the peaches are lucky
we rolled from the pain baskets
Others have to stay for seedlings
This particular peach
After years of bruises
Nearly got squished between the fingers
of a bruise bearer
And I'm bitter mush
But I'm still whole
And all the while
He whispered,
I love you, I love you little peach
He gave me a seedling
She grew
and with her
My knowledge grew
It took the kingsmens axe
To cut me from that dead tree
But thank God
This peach, is free
~A

It's the hardest thing in the world to leave an abusive relationship. We're often made to believe it's our own fault. Even after one leaves, the lawyers, judges, counselors even, make you feel "less than".
I rarely write of my awful marriage. Even today I'm ashamed. And I know that it wasn't anything I did but that fact escapes me sometimes. My love to you all. Especially the Peaches.

#abuse

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

History's Scars

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

James M Vines

History's Scars

The landscape may seem serene but the wounds have just been scarred over. The truth lies just beneath the surface and is still divisive. Though new generations come along, people still feel unsettled. The lessons of the past are ignored by some and the old hatreds fester like a disease. Until we cut away the rancid flesh of hatred from the present and truly embrace the lessons of the past. The old scars will never truly heal.

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

Sparkle

Apr 2017 Shiny Star

James M Vines

Sparkle

Shine in the light and burn like fire in the dark. Be a star and glisten
for all to see. Radiate a special light that nothing can quench. Show how special you are, for all of the world to see. Never be afraid to step into the limelight, always be ready to take the lead. Show the world what you are made of, sparkle like a Diamond polished and refined. Let nothing dim radiance of who you are!

Mar 2017 Shiny Star

Mirror, Mirror

Mar 2017 Shiny Star

Lianna Walters

Mirror, Mirror

Mirror, Mirror,* on my wall,
I just want to be thin, pretty and tall.

Mirror, Mirror, if I change my hair,
Maybe someone will start to care?

Mirror, Mirror, if I starve myself,
At least I’ll be beautiful, forget my health.

Mirror, Mirror, if I cut my wrist,
Will I feel like I exist?

Mirror, Mirror, don’t you see?
What you show, is ruining me.

Why do I constantly hate what I see?

#cutting #sad #depression #anxiety #insecure #anorexia #mirror #scars #cuts