David Lovell

David Lovell Poems

Note: This is the first in a three-part series.

Nowhere, I'm going nowhere
Surely all these rules are to blame
...

This cannot continue, I must be free
But how can I kill this monstrosity?
It feeds off of depression, apathy, and anxiety
While murdering every thing good in me
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I walk the dry land once more, but in a new way
Steps made with confidence, I know where I go, I do not hesitate
The surging, turbulent sea nearly drowned me
But a Savior came and held me above the waters
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Spoken shadows flash with dark lightning all their own;
Have you been struck? , for I see an ominous glow.
Darkness that illuminates light with shadow,
Falsehoods consume you with deadly fire you blindly feed.
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I look up to the sky this lonely night
I find no hope, no light
The stars have fallen tonight
I stand there and all is silence
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Over the years in silent sadness I watch
As dream after dream dies, some slowly, some so quickly
Inside, I die with them; we are one
Sometimes new replaces old, it matters not, all of them die
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Disillusioned
Loss of inspiration
I have so little left to give
Like the knees of jeans reduced to a few strands of thread
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Every time I can’t take another step, I take a few more
Because His grace is sufficient for me
Those times I just want to walk out the door
I find that His grace is sufficient for me
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I am but a mortal man,
This and nothing more, nothing less.
I dream of great things, but can’t even keep my car running.
Looking into the stars,
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When colorful leaves from above do descend
When those first snowflakes of winter fill the sky
When plants come to life upon getting rain on which they depend
When comes scorching heat I love so dear that makes others sigh
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Cruel by nature and twisted in every way,
Sometimes almost more than I can take, like today.
It’s like being enthralled while simultaneously being given a crushing blow,
Or swimming in a tropical paradise while dying in knee-deep snow.
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Twisting of the heart, dark pain comes upon me
Hopelessness beats me senseless, I cannot flee
God I cry out to You, take the old and give me new
Replace doubt, confusion, hurt, this stormy blue
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There come times that are tough to get through
The bike needs yet another tire, my class notes get wet,
And about twenty other things one day brings and I don't know what to do
But I believe there's a greater picture that I can't see yet.
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The sea lies before me
The power in it's vastness, overwhelming
For what is a single dropp of rain in the vastness of the sea?
What shall it offer to such a tremendous collective?
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Twisted melancholy
Cuts through my flesh
Jagged, like a serrated blade
Ignition of anger
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I stand, digging myself a hole.
Deeper and deeper I go, so blissfully ignorant.
Such naivete, I see not that I dig my own grave.
I realize this a bit too late, it seems at first.
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Can this really be true?
Seems so contradictory to prior knowledge
Even as I say it cannot be so it comes
Into being, made more manifest, more concrete
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Far from light, what can one man hope for
Trapped in darkness, stumbling, refusing to open the door
Of the dungeon he called safety and comfort
That was killing him, his life hell, desire to abort
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When blackness gathers around me
I look for the light of grace and mercy
of You, and You alone.
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Slowly, my life begins to crumble
Above me, I can hear the skies rumble
Downward, I can feel myself tumble
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David Lovell Biography

Currently residing in: Temperance, MI Age: 30 Education: A.S. in biology, B.S. in sociology When I started writing poetry: Although I have one poem dating back to 1997, I consider three poems I wrote in 2000 to be the real beginning.)

The Best Poem Of David Lovell

(parable, Part 1) Nowhere: The Prodigal Son

Note: This is the first in a three-part series.

Nowhere, I'm going nowhere
Surely all these rules are to blame
So I'm going to leave tomorrow with my share
I'll live at last like I want, things will never be the same

Nowhere, I'm going nowhere
But with the partying, the women,
The popularity, why should I care?
Let me enjoy all of this, even if it is sin

Nowhere, I'm going nowhere
All my money and new 'friends' are gone
I'm so starved I'd eat the food I feed the pigs, I don't care
I'll go back to my father, he was right all along.

Nowhere, I'm going nowhere
My shame has come upon me
Can I look my father in his face, do I dare?
If I return, perhaps his lowest servant I could be

Nowhere, I'm going nowhere
I will never leave my place again, forsake my name
My father loves me, and treats me far more than fair
I am glad to be my father's son, and that this will always be the same

(November 19-20,2004)

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