Petals and Ashes

By Sorsha Lightcap

What started as a place to vent when my eyes couldn’t hold anymore tears, Petals and Ashes slowly turned into words of hope and life and love and laughter. It’s about going from a place of hurt and darkness to a world of light and love. Sometimes things get to the point where you just give up on everything. And you believe that nothing will ever change or get better. I thought that too. But I waited, and waited . . . until one day someone walked into my life and proved that no matter what, life is precious and very much worth living, even if you just can’t see it yet.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jul 29, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728318288

Sorsha Lightcap

Sorsha Lightcap is a young writer with an aptitude for creativity and helping others. She grew up in small town Boyertown, Pennsylvania and graduated from Boyertown Area Senior High School. Sorsha has been through it all: pain, heartbreak, bullying, hurt, loss…to the point where she’d given up. Until she met her boyfriend Joe, who turned her entire life around. Suddenly, the poems weren’t about pain anymore, but love, happiness, hope and laughter. She hopes that this book will reach out to others and show them that no matter what, life is worth living, and there is always something, or someone, waiting to show them that.

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Published by AuthorHouse 07/15/2019

ISBN: 978-1-7283-1829-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-1828-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019908961

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Contents

Sacrifices I ~

Sacrifices II ~

Empty ~

Sparks ~

Windows ~

You ~

Empty Ashes ~

The Best of Me ~

2:00 AM ~

Unconditionally ~

Every Time ~

Numbers Cannot Measure ~

Reason ~

Scars ~

Paradoxic Heart ~

Mood Changes ~

Fallen ~

Accept Me ~

True Adulation ~

Innocent Desire ~

Insomnia ~

With You ~

You Make Me Better ~

Depth ~

Distance I ~

Cold Sheets ~

Mesmerized ~

Time With You ~

Living ~

Compass ~

You’re My Home ~

Hearth ~

Breathtaking ~

Oceans ~

Saved ~

Orphan ~

Everything I ~

Reach for More ~

Distance II ~

Real Love vs. Fake Love ~

Comfort ~

Little Things I ~

Little Things II ~

Protective ~

You Mean More to Me than You Will Ever Know ~

Addicted ~

Everything II ~

Everything III ~

Promise I ~

Promise II ~

Royalty ~

Flaws ~

Kisses ~

Free ~

Never Get Over/Never Forget ~

Weather ~

Without You ~

Drowning ~

The Nothing Mechanic ~

Worth ~

How to Touch My Soul I ~

How to Touch My Soul II ~

Laughter ~

Craving ~

10:30 PM ~

Brown Eyes ~

Old School I ~

Know Your Worth ~

Her ~

Ancient Love ~

How To Heal ~

Old School II ~

A Thousand Words in One ~

Respect ~

Actions & Body Language ~

Night Intimacy ~

The Peacemaker/Joker ~

The Silent Observer ~

Real Beauty ~

Hell ~

Winter at Four AM I ~

Winter at Four AM II ~

Moving On ~

War ~

Patience I ~

Patience II ~

Patience III ~

Heavy/Weight ~

Transition ~

Epoxy I ~

Epoxy II ~

Nostalgic I ~

Exterior ~

Nostalgic II ~

The One ~

Protector vs. Abuser I ~

Protector Vs. Abuser II ~

Holes ~

Loss ~

Used ~

Petals & Ashes ~

Settle ~

Exhausted ~

Failure I ~

Failure II ~

Texting I ~

Naked ~

Texting II ~

Texting III ~

Mistakes I ~

I’m here I ~

I’m Here II ~

Stay ~

Mistakes II ~

Experience = Lessons I ~

Experience = Lessons II ~

Mother’s Love I ~

Mother’s Love II ~

Compassion ~

Saturn ~

I Know ~

Thoughtful ~

Falling out of Love ~

Between the Teeth ~

Warm ~