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Aimée Nov 2024
In a circumstance, where I did nothing bad
Somehow I am still the monster

You wreaked havoc with him, I held my peace
And no one knew your misdeeds

I bore alone my broken mind
All in the name of being kind

Until you decided the destruction was his
And you were the victim

So you told your tale to the masses
And gained all their sympathy

And I said nothing, I lost my chance to tell my side
What do you care, you have a ring and a guy

And me? I am still in silent pain
Because only a monster blames the victim
Aimée Nov 2024
Maybe God is letting you struggle with addiction
So you can show the world how God heals addiction

Maybe God is letting you struggle with depression
So you can show others that it isn't just people whose brains work right that believe

Maybe God tried to stop you from all the choices that got you here
And when you made your choices anyway then He got to show the world that He can bring anyone back from the brink

Maybe He is using your trials to prove that the gospel is for everyone,
can comfort anyone,
and to give you compassion for those who also struggle, just not always in the same way

Because He is the God of all people, of every step of the journey home, and of every second in this life and the next
Had to phrase this in maybes, because I can only guess at God's reasons
Aimée Nov 2024
I hurt him again
With the choices I made

I tell him to move on
To give up on me

I'll never be better
I think on my knees

He kneels down next to me
I wait for him to get angry

He reaches out
I pull away flinching

He keep going
Takes my hand gently

He pulls me up
While I look down at my feet

He pulls me in
"I know what you did"

I cry into His shoulder
"It's okay I forgive, like it never happened"

The weight on my soul falls
And again I am free to better than I was

Because God so loved the world
And imperfect little me

That He sent a perfect Son
To close the distance between Him and me
Aimée Oct 2024
I am not afraid of Ds
Or hearing the phase
"I'm sorry but I'd rather not go out again"
Or of being bad at something new
And looking silly

Because it means I tried
And trying is better than quitting

Because education matters more to me
Than learning I needed to study more
And love matter more to me
Than finding out I'm not everybody's cup of tea
And finding things I am passionate about more
Than a few moments of hurt pride that probably needed to be taken down a couple of notches away

At least that's what I'm choosing to believe
As I walk out of the testing center
With failed exam in hand
Aimée Oct 2024
My aims, my goal
My love, my soul
My faith restored
My hope's reward

That's what you mean to me
In literal name and actual deed
For the man who doesn't like poetry :)
Aimée Oct 2024
I have someone who believes in me
Even right now when I don't
And that's a good enough reason
To not quit, because I want them to be right
It is a game changer to be believed in
Aimée Oct 2024
Oh that was it
I think I saw it
Right there as you looked down at me
Your eyes were shining
And maybe it was just love lighting you up

But for a moment they seemed to glimmer
With a future made of glass
So breakable
Or maybe it was a sprout
Too delicate to touch yet

So fragile, I can't even say it here
Even though you will never see it
One where tomorrow stretches far into the distance
One where you are so present I forget to be grateful sometimes
Where good nights and goodbyes don't mean the same thing

And that is as close as I can get to the flame
That right now will burn me if I reach for it
So I will wait until it's all more sure
And for now, live off of the heat and light
From just that one little look
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