Mezmur

Joined October 2018

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Rooted in Christian faith yet unafraid of human fragility, Mezmur writes as both survivor and worshipper. Her work invites readers to breathe again, to see that even in the deepest silence, Love remains.

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Not Everything. Top Story - June 2024.
Do you ever feel like you can't run from yourself fast enough? Like every decision you’ve ever made is eternal, but that knowledge alone is not enough to keep you from acting on your idiotic impulses and the thoughts of your bad heart?
By Mezmur4 months ago in Confessions
Riotous Heart
Wicked, dark and riotous heart, learn to love what loves you back. Learn to fall for what will catch you. Jump — don’t fall — and don’t look back.
By Mezmur4 months ago in Poets
Burn. Top Story - March 2025.
You close in like darkness around candlelight. You suck up my oxygen until you see me flicker. Watch me sweat. But you can't put me out... not yet.
By Mezmur5 months ago in Poets
Soul Lover. Top Story - August 2025.
Dear God who breathes the stars, And brings dry bones to life again, Creator of the Universe, Yahweh — Beginning, End.
By Mezmur6 months ago in Poets
Steps In The Night
I don’t say your name though sometimes it’s whispered in prayer. When you walk through my mind, I don’t visit with you—
By Mezmur8 months ago in Poets
Why
They say “don’t ask God why,” but I want to know. You can take it. You are LORD— I check myself because you’re Holy, though.
By Mezmur9 months ago in Poets
The After
“There is a time for everything… a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.” Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4
By Mezmur9 months ago in Poets
Hope
You were a friend that came without command You saw me bleed yet you still held my hand Inside the darkness, you found me like light
By Mezmur11 months ago in Poets
Selah
Sunday mornings are hectic at our house and this morning was no exception. My husband had to be at the church two hours earlier than usual to set up for the livestream and do a sound-check with the band. Our church was having their 149th annual homecoming service, and I was on my own for getting myself, a chocolate mousse pie, and our three kids ready and to church in one piece despite the torrential downpour.
By Mezmur11 months ago in Families
We Were Perfect
I will forever have my parents to thank for making me interesting. Turns out, when you uproot your family and move them across an ocean in pursuit of better opportunities and a chance at the American Dream, you automatically instill in your child a sense of patriotism—and a smidge of existential dread.
By Mezmurabout a year ago in Families
The Little Boy's Lunch
Every town around the Sea of Galilee was buzzing with rumors that Messiah had finally come. "Mama," I said, handing my baby sister her toy, "what do you think he's like?"
By Mezmurabout a year ago in History
Brave New Girl
I heard many killers write manifestos. Well. I killed my past. I'm killing this blouse. I kill when I write, So here's mine:
By Mezmurabout a year ago in Poets

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Not Everything. Top Story - June 2024.

Riotous Heart

Burn. Top Story - March 2025.

Soul Lover. Top Story - August 2025.

Steps In The Night

Why

The After

Hope

Selah

We Were Perfect

The Little Boy's Lunch

Brave New Girl

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