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Struggle

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Malaise

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Darkness and Despair



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Matthew Powell



Pain, despair, emptiness, loneliness;

When I am the most down, I feel these deep in my soul,

Though I know it can leave a hole.



Life goes on around me; no one can see deep inside.

Hope exists, and can sometimes light a fire within; other times,

Only the dead cold is found, in place of fire therein.



My life. I exist. I am self-aware. When that hole that can exist, there is lack of… Continue

Wandering of Self



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Matthew Powell



My soul, my self, wanders from day to day.

Though Christ is my foundation, My Way, still my soul, it wanders.



Thrown about by the storm of this life, questions still remain;

Some never to be answered this side of eternity.



Day by day, moment by moment,

We draw closer to our destiny.



At birth, we have an innocence of a type,

Though stained by Original Sin.



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Here is another recent composition:



Sacred



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Matthew Powell





All life is sacred, as is plain to us all.

This is true, even though through Adam and Eve we took a great Fall.



Nationality, religion, language, lifestyle choice, all this matters not. He calls us daily to Him, so that at that Day, our soul may not be in rot.



I am only human. Even still, I see and feel the worlds pain.



Christ, God’s Son and… Continue

Greetings to whomever may read this. God be with you.



Christ has blessed me recently with a burst of inspiration, taking the form of poetry. Some of my compositions I've shared on the various poetry groups of iPeace, and I wish to share further here. Any comments (positive or negative) are most welcome.



Struggle



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Matthew Powell



Because of sin, of the first of us, life is a struggle.



Throughout our lives we ask “why?” “What did… Continue