Poetry

“False Hope”

| Laura Lee Bonde

I hate it when
dreams seem real
and they’re good
then I wake to reality
and they’re gone

I can’t explain the tears
and won’t stop them

when will that dream come true?
never

a different version will be real
someday
but for now
that dream was a nightmare

“Past Ammunition”

| Laura Lee Bonde

I love it how the past
doesn’t really matter
the only power it has
is what I give it

the past is a weapon
mixed with Jesus
to defeat darkness
not hurl me into it

some things I remember
the kids don’t
some things they remember
I don’t

God has a way of restoring all

“Out in the Open”

| Laura Lee Bonde
 
is there anywhere really safe
to be yourself
and grow
without people attempting
to form you
to mold you
into what they believe
your shape should be
 
is there anywhere really safe
to open up
and rest
in where you are
in where you’ve been
in where you’re going
as you step into
what God has in store
 
the only safe place
is inside His heart
and everywhere I go
He’s with me
molding me
forming me
into His image
of love