Subject : No turning back {a poem}
First Posted Date: : 16 Jun 2009, 09:44 PM
I wrote this during a painful period of my life... I am happy to say that season is long gone.
God did rescue me from my pain - so much so the memory seems to belong to someone else. You see, not only does healing come through Christ, but so does complete freedom.
~ No Turning Back ~
Teardrops on ashen cheeks
Locked knuckles against pained brow
Yesterday's memories haunt my soul
I must hold on somehow
Wounds old seem new again
Shadows of longing haunt my dreams
I turn from voices that have no name
I rush to muffle screams
Must move forward ~ no turning back
Must push forward ~ even if I crawl
Hope belongs to tomorrow not yesterday
I must escape Memory's call
Obscure shapes haunt my thoughts
Deceased desires claw at my heart
I must set my eyes on Love's mighty power
~ I hear hope call from afar
Must go on ~ can't give up
Can't honour pain that binds to times of old
Must trust healing will come and rescue me
and mend this tortured soul
Through the aching I feel His touch
Love true comes to mend this heart of mine
Hope picks me up and carries me on
I arise one more time
I rise again
I breathe again
I go on with the strength of my Lord
I fight again
I trust again
knowing Love will catch me if I fall
Eyes set forward
can't look back
I must push on 'til this pain sets me free
so I hope again
I embrace faith again
I trust my heart will know victory
Teardrops on heated cheeks
Stretched knuckles raised high in praise
Yesterday's memories will soon fade away
I will know better days
I will know better days
Psalm 28:7-9
The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy
and I will give thanks to him in song.
The LORD is the strength of his people,
a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
Save your people and bless your inheritance;
be their shepherd and carry them forever.
First Posted Date: : 16 Jun 2009, 09:44 PM
I wrote this during a painful period of my life... I am happy to say that season is long gone.
God did rescue me from my pain - so much so the memory seems to belong to someone else. You see, not only does healing come through Christ, but so does complete freedom.
~ No Turning Back ~
Teardrops on ashen cheeks
Locked knuckles against pained brow
Yesterday's memories haunt my soul
I must hold on somehow
Wounds old seem new again
Shadows of longing haunt my dreams
I turn from voices that have no name
I rush to muffle screams
Must move forward ~ no turning back
Must push forward ~ even if I crawl
Hope belongs to tomorrow not yesterday
I must escape Memory's call
Obscure shapes haunt my thoughts
Deceased desires claw at my heart
I must set my eyes on Love's mighty power
~ I hear hope call from afar
Must go on ~ can't give up
Can't honour pain that binds to times of old
Must trust healing will come and rescue me
and mend this tortured soul
Through the aching I feel His touch
Love true comes to mend this heart of mine
Hope picks me up and carries me on
I arise one more time
I rise again
I breathe again
I go on with the strength of my Lord
I fight again
I trust again
knowing Love will catch me if I fall
Eyes set forward
can't look back
I must push on 'til this pain sets me free
so I hope again
I embrace faith again
I trust my heart will know victory
Teardrops on heated cheeks
Stretched knuckles raised high in praise
Yesterday's memories will soon fade away
I will know better days
I will know better days
Psalm 28:7-9
The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy
and I will give thanks to him in song.
The LORD is the strength of his people,
a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
Save your people and bless your inheritance;
be their shepherd and carry them forever.
© Donna Keevers Driver.