Jesus with me.

Sometimes I don’t feel loveable And everything I do seems wrongI try and feel I don’t succeedAnd it’s hard to sense I belong.I wonder how it’s possibleThat Jesus could love someone like meHe must have it wrong I often thinkTo love me it couldn’t possibly beMaybe He doesn’t actually know meIf he did he’d surely […]

New touch

if cells are renewed every 7 yearsthat means I have a body that only you’ve touched.My skin has only known tenderness, kindnessaffection and deep pleasurewith no memory etched on it of the pain it’s known.That means it doesn’t know what it’s liketo feel the shudder of unwanted fingersor the bruises of fists and feet.it’s not […]

The real me

Now you know the real meI don’t doubt you want it to end.I’m not pretty enoughMy scars are too deepI’m not fun to be aroundMy heart only now weeps.I’m not good enoughI’m too far goneJust to feel wantedIs what Id really for long.My body’s too uglyMy mind too confusedYou’re so gentle to me forI’ve too […]

When you touch me…..

When you touch me I don’t flinchNot with you.I know you only have tender fingersYou don’t leave me black and blue.Your words are soft to my heartLike warm days and sunsets andEverything soft. Not like the jagged glassI’m used to of cruel insults and harshnessthat cut deep and forever last.You do everything to raise me […]