Resurfaced

Couple poems I wrote years ago and somehow apply today...

BLINDED
Boiling, grinding, shaking beneath the surface
Shrieks and cries pierce the night’s silent façade
A clear veil of a spider web’s thread shields the house
Locked inside with no way out…
Except the mask of bright colors that lives on each day
Forcing the light to shine on other’s faces
But the colors are fading and becoming hard to see
Fingers clawing against glass becomes the face
True features of a hidden episode begin to confirm
The insanity that roams those hearts and minds
Blinding the clarity once seen through perfect eyes
Happiness becomes blurred and distorted
Isolated within the confines of a broken home
Locked inside with no way out…

MY REFUSAL
It only takes one second to light a match and another to throw it into a field
Watch the flames grow and spread as though all the water in the world has disappeared
They consume everything in their paths, spawning new tragedies as they devour what good is left
It’s a circle of anger and frustration, tempers flaring, insults flying through the air
Hearts scorched and scarred for life plague the house thought to be His
A simple idea of love and care transformed into hate, evil
And Satan sits near by, cleansing his hands with our blood smiling maliciously to himself
“I have succeeded”
We allow this wickedness to win, belittling ourselves to mere mortals who have no knowledge of God
Rather than the temples we are, holding the Holy Spirit in our hearts and souls
How can I say, and be honest with myself first and foremost, that I am His child?
How can I view my home as a dwelling fit for Him to stay?
When in reality, the flames of hell are burning it down, melting the walls into puddles of ash and soot
When do the lies end? When does the hypocrisy cease to exist?
Only this I know, if it takes forever to break the cycle, then so be it
Because I can’t stand another day intently searching past fire only to find a smoky sky.