Hurtspeak

All the love is gone
You've ripped it from my heart

All the money is gone
That's what you wanted from the start

My sense of self was gone
But I'm finding it now

At least my soul is left
You couldn't steal it anyhow

All of the tears are gone
My hurt all turned to anger

All your weapons are gone
My heart no longer in danger

All these years that are gone
Were they all just an act

All of your lies are showing
And now that's a fact

Took you no time at all
To throw away all that we shared

Now your true colors are showing
To all they're laid bare

What's done is done
For good or for bad

But in my heart I know
You'll never replace what you had

You once said that you had a dream
In it I called you many a cruel name

But I'll never give you that satisfaction
So add that to your shame

Life After Love

As I sit here typing
Dogs are barking
Birds are larking

As I sit here thinking
My heart is healing
And time is stealing

As I'm here wondering
My mind isn't mended
From what pain has rended

As I'm here hurting
My tears are welling
From the memories' telling

As I feel this yearning
My mind is racing
My heart is pacing

As I feel this changing
The world is turning
But love won't stop burning

As I keep on praying
For peace and healing
I need a sign's revealing

As I keep on saying
I'll keep on surviving
But memories keep reviving

As I go on living
I know what's missing
Her touch and her kissing

As I go on being
New paths need choosing
Guess there's no use refusing

As I sit here typing
I think of what I'm saying
Options that need weighing

As I sit here I'm hoping
For blessing from above
And for a life after love

Bare Bones

I've severed ties
I've lost my love
Now all I have
Is God above

Full of anger
I want to hate
Is it a storm
Or is it fate

Twisted and torn
So full of rage
A broken soul
A beast in a cage

So full of hurt
Want to hurt back
But it's of no use
A senseless attack

I swallow my pride
I hide my pain
Of that love
Only scars remain

In financial ruin
And a broken heart
I've lost so much
I'm back to the start

It hurts so much
Like I've never known
There's not much left
Just bare bones

War of Thieves

I have taken money from his pocket
In the offerings of my ministry
But he stole something back
That which means the most to me

I exposed him for what he was
He came to steal, kill, and destroy
He tried to make me curse my Maker
With all of his devilish ploys

I stole all of his thunder
When years ago I took up the cross
Vengefully he struck back at me
Making my days so full of loss

I stole power from his grasp
By sharing the gospel with the lost
Spitefully he struck me back
Reminding me there'd be a high cost

I steal souls back from him
With lessons that I type sermons that i give
He tries to steal everything from me
Would have me regret the life that I live

I steal from the one called 'Old Scratch'
'Prince of Darkness' 'Most unclean'
He steals from a soldier of God
'The Creator' 'Yahweh' 'The One Unseen'

He stole from me a band of brothers
A ministry and my woman's love
All because I stole souls from him
To give to the Lord above

He stole everything from me
Hoping to make mine a life of regret
But just like with God's pilgrim Job
Again Lucifer has lost his bet