Welcome to my poems directory.
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Take From My Eyes
by Pete Scopes
09/07/2012
Take from my eyes this cosy sunshine Where rose tinted glass and falsehood line Let me see true, the mud and the grime Have me not believe all is fine...
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To Him who makes me whole
by Pete Scopes
08/07/2012
I'm clutching at straws in a duel that needs a gun to draw Any fool can see I'm scared, frightened stiff and unprepared Wishing to hold your hand even loose but held back by lies as a noose...
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Heart on his Sleeve
by Pete Scopes
17/05/2012
Wearing his heart on his sleeve takes more than courage you must believe No longer are the eyes the soul's gate now that path is broad and straight...
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A Thousand Voices
by Pete Scopes
30/04/2012
I have heard a thousand voices Calling out, still ten thousand more Each one growing ever louder Ever harder to ignore...
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Captain of my own ship
by Pete Scopes
09/04/2012
...Rather I took captain of my own ship Mutiny aboard is but the ice-burg's tip Blood stained the moon red Left here abandoned instead...
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Sunrise
by Pete Scopes
01/03/2012
The beauty of a sunrise takes me to a place I've never been Where the world begins again with You at its seem...
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After the Storm
by Pete Scopes
02/02/2012
Under the deep dark and midnight blue Surrounding robins whistle a harrowing tune The diurnal chorus which rises at dusk and dawn Awoken by stolen night, a quivering torch has torn...
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Everyone Dances
by Pete Scopes
21/11/2011
In life there is a multitude of avenues Which to venture and goals to pursue For some it is a one-way street Others, a labyrinth, needing a guide to greet...
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Not That We Loved
by Pete Scopes
09/11/2011
My voice, I heard, as an echo Saying, "I'm just a man, I'm not a hero" In front of my eyes a blinding light I have to run, got no strength to fight...
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Our King
by Pete Scopes
26/10/2011
There is no-one like our King Who would dare to welcome us in? We've wondered in a pitiful mess Brought to a place to confess...
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A Blood Drenched Cross
by Pete Scopes
16/10/2011
I collapse to my knees in a weeping mess A wail protrudes from my lips in utter distress As I look heavenward, raising my eyes From the very foot of the blood drenched cross...
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In to the Fire
by Pete Scopes
12/10/2011
A blazing, roaring lion stands before me His mere sight almost sets me ablaze Prowling, the heat of his presence stalking His majesty weakening me at the knees...
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All These Things
by Pete Scopes
21/09/2011
All these things I don't understand It is all within Your glorious plan One day we shall see Your Kingdom come Into Your loving arms we will run...
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The Forth Man
by Pete Scopes
14/08/2011
My God ransomed His life, my debt to pay For no other god could save in this way This life I was given is no longer my own Every breath I give it to Christ alone Maybe I'm just too good at forgetting my sins Even still every one, You to the cross, it pi...
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A Long Walk
by Pete Scopes
13/07/2011
Life cannot be walked alone It is too far, too long And what if you should fall? Who would be there to pick you up? Who knows the steps of a man For they are like footprints in the sand Washed away by the rising tide Forgotten by even the one who walked ...
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Shall
by Pete Scopes
21/06/2011
With lips that never cease I will cry out all my praise To the Prince of all peace I shall ever follow Your ways With my head and my heart Spirit, body, even my soul This life is only the start And You shall make me whole Sing aloud you nations sing No ...
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Treasure Hunt
by Pete Scopes
10/04/2011
A humble king once did seek For those so far from home To return them back to his keep Rambunctious and yet his own Those, the lost, his treasures are Diamonds amongst the rough Those who hurt, & curse, & mar He'll brush from his cuff He sought so long ...
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Fades to Black
by Pete Scopes
09/04/2011
When everything fades And it all turns to black I look at the Light It shines so bright When the pain overwhelms And my heart seems to crack I look at my King He draws me in When the next breath hurts And every part of me aches I look at the One God's o...
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Let us Imagine
by Pete Scopes
28/03/2011
Let us imagine for a moment, if you dare, That we could forget the sun, no longer see the air That we are groping around in darkness which surrounds What would we think of light, would we think it profound? So I ask, where can you go to escape yours...
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But...
by Pete Scopes
22/03/2011
A Summers day but Winters sun Rain fell down but clouds are gone Rainbow shines vivid but fades fast Gone too soon but Your promises last North winds blows followed by the South And I am full but ever feeding my mouth But there is no such rhym...
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The Dark of the Day
by Pete Scopes
08/02/2011
Welcome to the dark of the day, Hope the fullness of shade will soon pass away. Riding moon to downward and fall, Pray the dawning moment overcomes all. That stars may fade in quickening might, In brilliance of the Fire blazing bright....
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The Shadowed Cross
by Pete Scopes
27/01/2011
What a merciless day, The day my Saviour died. What awful things I say, I condemned when innocence was tried. What despair across the land, The land where my Saviour died. What foolishness, with my head in the sand, Before the face of God, none c...
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"the Light"
by Pete Scopes
09/01/2011
Although the war is won, Still the battles rage on, You can find me here, Living in hope not fear, May my praise arise, My glorious battle cry. Through the darkest night, I fix my eyes upon the light, And wait until the dawn, When no more shall...
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The Saying Goes
by Pete Scopes
12/12/2010
Is it to truly know what you had first you must lose it? Is the value of our treasures based on the pain of their loss? Must we have the suffering to fully realise once obtained joy?...
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Resound
by Pete Scopes
01/11/2010
Oh sing heaven aloud resound in my soul Let Your praise be all that makes me whole Oh worship, sweet & tender My God satisfy me Angelic host bow down You lift up my eyes to see Oh creation birthing new life yours [come] from human tongue Mountai...