In Other Words

By D.B. Reynolds

In Other Words truly displays the developed talents of D.B. Reynolds throughout his nine years of writing. This is without a doubt his most creative and powerful collection of works thus far. Whether he is writing of nature and love or tragedy and spirituality; there is something that everyone can connect to on a very powerful level. Doug shares much of himself and the personal events of his life that inspired some of this collection. D.B. Reynolds brings vision and life to his words in this his fourth publication.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 13, 2014
• ISBN: 9781493161041

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Copyright © 2014 by D.B. Reynolds.

Library of Congress Control Number:     2014900720

ISBN:                  Hardcover                        978-1-4931-6103-4

                            Softcover                          978-1-4931-6102-7

                            Ebook                               978-1-4931-6104-1

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Rev. date: 03/18/2014

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To my brother Michael—

my very first friend.

You are a survivor

who defines strength…

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Lost

A Thought

MOM (My original muse)

Mother

What Am I Doing For Mother’s Day?

Past is Past

Reunited

Playground

From Across a Crowded Room

Hidden Truth

Truth in Silence

Life Storm

September Nears

The Year Summer Slipped Away

On Golden Pond

Nature’s Trail

Oh Spring

Race the Moon

Winter’s Fire

Thankful For

Thanksgiving

Don’t Look Back

The Storyteller

Alzheimer’s

I Look Down

Bullying & Other Forms of Terrorism

Hurts

Bullied

School Daze

When Nothing More is Sacred

Way of the World

Self

Broken Records

Ten Years

Never Forget

27

20 Tiny Angels

America’s Tragedy

A Prayer for Peace

Songs?

Time Away

Dreams

Take it Away

Abuse

Maybe I’m the Fool

Throwing Stones

My One Dream Come True

Life is a Journey

Payday

I Can Dream

Love Can Just Find Me

First to Last

Once Again Friend

Liar Liar

Emile

A Star Above

Departed Friend

Charlie

One Loss

Love

One Wish

Morning After

Done

The Back of an Uncorkt Receipt

Love Lost

Dream of Dreams

To Live in Truth

I Love

Forget

What Was

Show Me

Across The Miles

One Wish

What We Could Be

To Me

You Showed Me

What If

Last Night I Saw You in My Dreams

Love Song

Daydream Radio

Trouble Is

Piano Man

Touched

What I Want

Released

In a Stare

Missing

One Million Miles Away

WES

Untitled (undefined)

What You’ve Done

So Far Beneath the Man

You Don’t Know

That Unusual Part of You

Little Boy Never Lost

If it can’t be me

If it were me

I Told You

Reflections Of

Pity Party

Finis

The One

Lonesome Winter

Thinking Back

I Want for Love

Vincent

I Want

Distance

A Dream

The Call

Vincent

Never met

Loss

This is Now

Maybe in Time

Goodbye my Love

My Faith

The Labyrinth

Jesus Said Not Yet

The Altar & The Cross

The Calling

For Me

The Cross of Jesus

Jesus

Forgiveness

My Prayer

God is Love

Thank you Lord

Remember When

Christmas Now

By Your Grace

Certainty

Just Before Mass

Twice to Tears

New Prayer

My Absence My Return

Far from perfect I have been

Twenty Selfish Years

Let go and let God

I surrendered

From God

Acknowledgments

W ow, book number four I cannot believe it. It has been an interesting journey thus far with my friends and family and although outside of those immediate people there may not be many more to ever see any of my writings I am grateful to God for everyone he has put into my life. My books have become a snapshot of my past like an old photo album. I can look back at some of my poetry and other things I have written and recall those who were still in my life at that time. So precious has that commodity become as of late. My father thank God is still with us as is my brother and my uncle on my mother’s side whom I have recently connected with after far too long. My father’s side of the family has grown thanks in part to two of my cousins who have married and had their own children and I still have my aunt and uncle on my father’s side as well. As time goes on as it will there will be more people to think back on that are no longer with me both friends and family so I want to thank all of them with this book.

For my family members both here and who are watching over me from above thank you. When I look back on everything I went through growing up you were the light in a very dark world for me at times. I cherished the days with my cousins when we were young and didn’t have a care or identity in the world. The trips up north to Eagle River and the times spent on Golden Lake in Oconomowoc will always be some of my best memories. There was no judgment, no hurtful words or cruelty; just family. Sure we had our arguments and minor spats over toys or losing at a game but more often than not we were tight; like brothers and sisters. For nana and papa and grandma and Grandpa Reynolds I love you all so much and I know you are up there watching over us. For my mother to whom I dedicated my first book; thank you. Your strong faith and belief in God has returned to my life in last four years and returning to it was a home coming to you and your memory. I still have things to fix in my life but thanks to God and my faith I know they will be and I will be back on the path you were trying to show us when we were little. To my dad Thomas, I have forgiven you as you have me and I am confident we will finish this journey in a good place like where it started. I was reminded by a picture my brother Mike had shared with me when I was a baby and you were looking at me and I was at you and we were both smiling. It was a reminder to me that there were times of a strong love between father and son and no ill will or intent. Your faith as well inspired me later in life dad so remember it’s not how we fall but where we land. I love you very much and I am glad you are still here with me. For my brother Michael my very first friend in life, thank you. You are stronger than you know and I think back to our times in our youth when outside of cousins it was just you and I and although we had our differences and struggles growing up. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I think back on our times on Argyle in Glendale and the simple things that made life so great. I remember the neighborhood friends we had then and the playground around the corner from our house and our little yard with the sandbox and our tiny pool. Hearing the ice cream truck from miles away and hitting dad up for change so we could get something. It didn’t take much back then to survive not like today. I wish I could rebuild that world for you right now so you would know that kind of happiness once again. I also need to acknowledge my friends from my youth as well as they were instrumental in my getting to where I am today. Like my family, my neighborhood friends were a light in some dark times. So, to all those people that were once a part of the Argyle and Chadwick road gang of friends; thank you. I did not know many friends in most places I went to school so having you all meant the world to me. I have and never will forget any one of you and hope you are well and happy.

Now for my friends that I have today my chosen family; thank you all so very much from the bottom of my heart. You are all my strength and my support and I would be lost without you right now. I tried to list all of you by name in my first book and still came up short so in an effort not to forget or offend thank you to all my friends