A collection of poems from April 2026: If I'm Being Honest, I Am Afraid & Do You Miss The Old You?Visit amaraiyke.substack.com for more reflections and poetry

The first of my audio reflections, where you get a front row seat (kinda) to the seasons that cultivate and bear the poetic fruit you witness in this publication. I am so excited to bring you into the veil so that we can journey together in reflecting upon the Grace and Faithfulness of the Lord.Read my Substack post here: https://amaraiyke.substack.com/p/the-summer-that-started-my-breaking?r=6vrua&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

I sit in reverence to honour a King who died in my place

I am still learning to love

Do not reserve intimacy for just your lover's body

The love I am yet to meet

And there was no one to catch me

Remember the promise. That is what we have journeyed together on these past 4 weeks: we contemplated God answering our prayers, hearing our cries, pondered on how we view 2025 despite its disappointments, weighed our willingness to have our faith tested and considered how our praise is a weapon.

How can your praise be a weaponWhen you reserve it for times of peace?

You desire the fruits of testing but are unwilling to be tested