His Story, History. My Story, Mystery.: A Book of Poetry and Collective Thoughts

By Anna Michelle Walden

Things seem to be happening very quickly. Some things were secrets. And I knew these secrets would never be appropriate, for any conversation, in any lifetime. However, it was my reality. Was anything good going to come out of this? There was too much to tell, and no one would understand. I didnt even understandso how could anyone else? It seemed improbable that I would get what was inside, out of me. It wasnt how I was raised to discuss this negativity . . . to air out ones dirty laundry, it just wasnt accepted. Was it all my fault? These vulgar and unprecedented events that were beginning to destroy me. I decided to block it out, keep it inside and keep moving with my life. Trying, waiting for the day I would get past it and walk through the door of the other side. The other side of all this madness. In the meantime, I had to do something with my emotions, my secrets and my feelings. They were locked up, tighter than tight. I began to write in journals. Entries that were poems and anecdotal stories of what was happening in my life. I had to become my own inspiration. I had to somehow get what was inside...out. A young girls life filled with devastation, tragedy and self-destruction was all on its way. It was already here! Still maintaining a happy, ambitious life but harboring guilt, anger and resentment. And dealing with the world and its own evolving. This is the story of over ten years of writings, from the ages of 1426 years. Someone leading themselves out of the dark and into the light. This was my way and this is my story. My story . . . in poetry.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Oct 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466944527

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© Copyright 2012 Anna Michelle Walden.

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ISBN: 978-1-4669-4451-0 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2012911327

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Poem titles are printed in italics type: first lines of

untitled poems in ordinary roman type.

I Sometimes he gets weak

II Does All Doubts

III Good-bye Daddy

IV Midway to Providence

V Away on a lone hill, I wonder if I shall see the dawn

VI All is fire-there is no water

VII Steel

VIII Left Alone

IX My people, you people

X Cry

XI Would you, I mean?

XII Hoodoo-ill luck

XIII The benediction was very quick and near

XIV Rest you leave your children to grow up without family

XV AIDS

XVI Best Least and Cunning Kinds

XVII I have a feeling

XVIII Just a glimpse of yesterday’s season

XIX Mother’s Day 1992

XX Love

XXI 7-6-92

XXII 9-4-92

XXIII Call on me and I will attend, for at your stake my rod shall bend,

XXIV December 1992

XXV 3-15-93

XXVI Bound by feathers

XXVII 5-19-93

XXVIII 5-26-93

XXIX 6-2-93

XXX KiKi’s Cat Tail Tale

XXXI 7-6-93

XXXII Young is the adjective to describe some fools.

XXXIII Alas we will see

XXXIV My father which art in heaven

XXXV 7-26-93

XXXVI Borrower of my heart

XXXVII Listen callers of whom I was looked upon as great.

XXXVIII You made me laugh, you made me cry with Chick-a-Dee

XXXIX In all the days I have been floundering

XL Completion of ones spirit. The eighth slice of pie.

XLI Died/Dyed

XLII Everyday I dream