Velvet SunDo you know what I do when I'm alone? I write and write until all the pain is gone. It makes me free in a sense; It takes me out of existence. An intimate, moving collection of poems featuring original artwork by the author, Velvet Sun captures the agonies and joys of everyday life. These poems encourage readers to take a break from the hectic pace of life and think about why they are living. Everyone's life journey is exciting and scary. This collection gives readers the strength not to let their fears prevent them from living their lives as they should. After reading these meditations on beauty, solitude, and love, readers will realize the power they possess to shape meaningful lives under their own beautiful Velvet Sun. |
Contents
Preface | 15 |
Silent Suffocation | 18 |
Too Good for this World
this Town this Land | 20 |
Trust | 21 |
Ashamed | 22 |
Not Enough | 23 |
A Departure
Not an Evacuation | 24 |
Its Never Too Late | 26 |
Failed to Notice | 57 |
True to Myself | 58 |
Risks | 60 |
So Be It | 61 |
Lift Me Up | 63 |
Youre Gone | 64 |
Stung | 66 |
Touché | 67 |
Whats Real? | 28 |
Fiercely Independent | 29 |
I Was Willing | 30 |
I Always | 31 |
Your Eyes | 32 |
Life | 33 |
Your Relationship with God | 34 |
Incision | 35 |
What a Find | 36 |
Its All So Small | 38 |
Caught in the Rain | 39 |
Sometimes | 40 |
Aura | 41 |
Stuffage | 42 |
Blackout | 44 |
Someone Elses Mistake | 47 |
Next Act | 48 |
Frustrated | 50 |
Am I a Hopeless Case? | 51 |
I Miss You | 52 |
What are We Really Saying? | 53 |
Sixth September | 54 |
Experiences | 55 |
Your Wall of Insecurities | 56 |
So Tired | 69 |
Mine in the End | 70 |
The March | 72 |
Young Meets the Old | 74 |
Indifferent | 76 |
Take or Give | 79 |
Arrhythmia | 80 |
Innocent Beautiful Girl | 83 |
Dont Look at the Girl | 84 |
Solace | 87 |
My Expectations are Unrealistic | 88 |
He Gave Me You | 91 |
The Void | 92 |
Vitality | 94 |
Starting Over | 96 |
SavoirFaire | 98 |
Picturesque | 99 |
Twist and Turn | 100 |
Kneel Down | 102 |
Get It Right | 103 |
Mankind | 104 |
Fish in Your Ocean | 105 |
From the Heart | 106 |
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