Love Poem: Inner Wound
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Written by: John Beam

Inner Wound

An empty place a could not fill                                                                                         A large hole lie within my chest                                                                                Worldly pleasures poured in still                                                                                      fleeting satisfaction at best                                                                                              Like a hole in my bucket                                                                                                A flood then it is gone again                                                                                             Growing bigger like a tucket                                                                                      Louder still was the gapping pain                                                                                    The inner wound widens with use                                                                                 Still an empty place a could not fill                                                                                 The horseleech’s daughters do abuse                                                                                A wound that would not heal                                                                                      Thinking nothing will satisfy the crave                                                                             An open grave walking the earth                                                                                      But there is always hope and grace                                                                                With a broken heart healed new birth                                                                              I can tell you of the deceitfulness of sin                                                                        Large hole well it is a God shaped girth                                                                       That only Jesus can fill I hope you let Him in