Speak Peace
Speak peace to my soul
When my days are dark.
Speak kindness to my body
When my mind is torn apart.
Calm the inner war
When I fight against myself.
Show me you are the grace
I feel unworthy to behold.
Show me you are the kindness
I could never show myself.
Sit with me in panic.
Push it into the earth.
Cast it out of me
Like any other curse.
Hold me like a child.
Lay your hand on my tortured mind.
One touch from you would heal the blind
SPEAK
And peace and kindness wash over me.
A little about this poem
Speak peace was born out of deep mental struggle. It is a recognition before myself and God of where I was mentally at the time and also a prayer and appeal to God. I knew he was with me but I found it hard to see him at the time.
