Through My Pen: An Unspoken Tale

By Diana C. Pineda

Through My Pen is a series of poems that have been written through the author’s life. It specifies different kinds of turmoil and emotions we may face at different times. In many ways, people do not understand the chaos in our minds, so instead, they just talk. This anthology voices those same battles we face from a personal perspective, so that others can truly understand our feelings and emotions. It is not always easy to talk about our pain and conflicts, but through words, today we can heal and learn in order to be better tomorrow. We all face different battles but many times we can relate to one another. Understanding that another person overcame them helps us endure. This book is definitely part one of what is to come, in order to help us overcome life’s struggles together.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 22, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664131316

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Copyright © 2020 by Diana C. Pineda.

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Rev. date: 09/18/2020

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CONTENTS

Chapter I

Out of the Comfort Zone

Poison

What is Trauma?

Pressure

The Dreamer Inside

Till Death Do Me Part

Love Yourself

Mistakes and Choices

Temperature

An Abusive Memoir

Chapter II

Love Again

To Love a Man

The Art of Being Loved

What is Life Without Love?

To Be or Not To Be in Love

To Have and To Hold

Should I Surrender?

The Truenesss (Truth) of Love

Soul Mates

A Blessing

Chapter III

The Hollow Within

Lesson Acknowledged

Awakening unto Righteousness

Lead Me

Bless You

My Dearest

Totality

Unanswered Questions

The Gift

The Art of Nothingness

Chapter IV

A Silent Cry

What Is Trauma?

What Is Beauty?

A Positive Outlook

Helping One Another

I Have Learned

Mental Health

Making New Memories

When

River

Chapter V

Before I Go

Art

My Generation

Ignorance

My Love for Writing

Realization

A Real Friend

Daddy’s Death

Stand

When You Have a Down Day

This book is dedicated first to God, my husband, and my family.

Secondly, it is dedicated to every person going through a

hard time, who will prevail if they don’t give up.

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We all struggle through life, but not all of us quit.

—Diana C. Pineda

CHAPTER I

Life

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Out of the Comfort Zone

Change is never easy.

Patience can at times be very hard.

We find ourselves in solitude, battling the unknown.

A routine gives us peace, comfort, and knowledge.

However, it is in those moments of change and adaptation that growth can be found.

We may not like it, not know it, but it is then that lessons are learned.

Every battle that I fight, every scar my heart tries to hide are symbols of strength and growth.

It is then that my heart learns to motivate, love, and accept all that I know.

Even when people don’t hear your cry or feel your pain,

It is in those moments that a new person is born.

Life’s challenges push us to grow past the comfortable, past the peace, past the calm.

If we don’t grow, we don’t learn.

If we don’t grow, we can’t understand different perspectives.

If we don’t grow, we die.

Finding peace in the midst of turmoil is not for the weak; it is for those who are willing to learn, to grow, to become better than yesterday.

It is not always the easiest or the safest, but it is then that the cultivation and buildup make sense.

To bear the appropriate fruit, labor, time, and patience must go hand in hand.

Out of the deepest pits, the strongest storms, it is then we learn …

I am strong enough.

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